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SubjectRe: Strange P6 2.0.25 syslog message
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> I wrote the patch... The P6 CPU has a bug whereby a spurious interrupt may be
> delivered as an exception 15 trap rather than an interrupt 15. Spurious
> interrupts are a normal part of system operation and occur from time to time.

Btw - does anyone have numbers how often these spurious interrupts appear
on a Intel system? I've got a Linux/MIPS system on which I receive a
significant number of these from peripherals connected via an mostly
undocumented PC/Intel-style bus interface.

Ralf

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