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SubjectRe: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7
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On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 14:43 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 13:11 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > I get this message occasionally on both my machines. I googled and saw
> > some references to this message on 2.4 but nothing for 2.6. Some of the
> > references were to APIC, which I don't have enabled.
> >
> > Both machines are using VIA chipsets and display the "VIA IRQ fixup"
> > message on boot. I think this behavior started about the same time that
> > message started to appear.
>
> The VIA IRQ fixup in 2.6.11 is broken. It works for some, but
> not all boxes with VIA hardware.
>
> There's a fix in 2.6.12-rc2-mm3. Actually, I doubt that it will
> help you, though -- the 2.6.11 breakage is such that some machines
> that need the fixup don't get it (and don't print the "VIA IRQ
> fixup message").
>

Is the VIA IRQ fixup related to the "spurious interrupts" messages in
any way? Googling the 2.4 threads on the issue gave me the impression
that it's related to broken hardware. I think excessive disk activity
might trigger it.

Anyway it's low priority as the message appears to be completely
harmless.

Lee

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