Swapper question.

[Frank Mayhar]

I have a question, related to our development work on a 68020-based SVR2 system:
Why does swapper rack up so much CPU?  In spite of the fact that the machine is
completely idle for days at a time, swapper's CPU stays roughly even with the
amount of time that the system has been up, to within about a minute.  What
gives, and how can we change this?  The machine will run as an intelligent
peripheral for a mainframe, and we're trying to maximize performance.  If anyone
can help, please reply by email to the Internet address if possible, otherwise
to this machine.

Thanks in advance.
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