This message generated a parse failure. Raw output follows here. Please use 'back' to navigate. From devnull@lkml.org Wed Apr 24 14:10:16 2024 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265962AbTFWF52 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jun 2003 01:57:28 -0400 Received: from 153.Red-213-4-13.pooles.rima-tde.net ([213.4.13.153]:18445 "EHLO small.felipe-alfaro.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265961AbTFWF50 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jun 2003 01:57:26 -0400 Received: from teapot.felipe-alfaro.com (teapot.felipe-alfaro.com [192.168.0.100]) by small.felipe-alfaro.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CD2CB848; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 08:11:29 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: Spurious 8259A Interrupt IRQ 7 From: Felipe Alfaro Solana To: war@lucidpixels.com Cc: LKML In-Reply-To: <20030622222014.7827.qmail@lucidpixels.com> References: <20030622222014.7827.qmail@lucidpixels.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1056348689.587.1.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.0 Date: 23 Jun 2003 08:11:29 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 00:20, war@lucidpixels.com wrote: > Jun 22 09:29:51 p500 kernel: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7. I'm also seeing this on my NEC Chrom@ laptop, just at the very end of the boot stage, just before X starts up. > # cat /proc/interrupts > CPU0 > 0: 6486628 XT-PIC timer > 1: 6 XT-PIC keyboard > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade > 4: 647546 XT-PIC serial > 5: 0 XT-PIC Crystal audio controller > 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc > 9: 3548883 XT-PIC eth2, eth3 > 11: 2601852 XT-PIC ide2, ide3, eth0, eth1 > 12: 38 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse > 14: 121950 XT-PIC ide0 > 15: 25 XT-PIC ide1 > NMI: 0 > LOC: 6486487 > ERR: 11 > MIS: 0 > > Is there anyway to narrow down what could be causing this error, as nothing uses IRQ7? > > The system is a Dell Optiplex GX1 p. > > http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/systems/d_gx1p/irq.htm > > It says IRQ7 is the parallel port. > > I have the parallel port disabled on in the bios. > > http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0301.2/0960.html > > An earlier thread on LKML, a lot of different opninions as to if this is a serious problem or not and what to do about it. > > Should I take each board out and run the system until I see the message again? > > I've only seen this message once. > > Today that is. > > Using all PCI nics. > > kern.warn:Jun 10 23:30:43 p500 kernel: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7. > kern.warn:Jun 11 22:29:44 p500 kernel: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7. > kern.warn:Jun 14 20:24:34 p500 kernel: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7. > kern.warn:Jun 20 00:10:24 p500 kernel: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7. > > Could this have anything to do with using the onboard ISA Sound card? > > (It uses IRQ5). > > I am using Kernel 2.4.21. > > linux-2.4.21.tar.bz2 . . . . . . Jun 13 14:52 27865k > > And those logs go back to the 10th, before I was running 2.4.20, so it is nothing to do with the kernel. > > What did *I* change? > > The only Ithing I've recently change wd was: I went from 3 ISA boaerds to PCI > > and took out an ol dd ATA/100 board and put in a ATA/133 board (Promise) (both) > > the 3isas were 53com 90509s, 2 TP only, 1 aui,bnc,tp > > it is the same configuration now but with PCI and 3com 905bs (2), and 1 3com 900 combo (pci) > > here is lspci output > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03) > 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) > 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) > 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) > 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) > 00:0e.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20269 (rev 02) > 00:0f.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152 (rev 03) > 00:11.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 24) > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c) > 02:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c900 Combo [Boomerang] > 02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30) > 02:0b.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30) > > what would be the best way to determine what is causing his this problem? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/