Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | Date | Mon, 01 Oct 2001 14:15:01 -0700 | From | Thomas Davis <> | Subject | endless APIC error messages.. |
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Yes, I know, I've got a busted ABIT-BP2 system board.
Running 2.4, I get thousands of the APIC error messages, which fill my syslog.
Is there a reason for this constant spewing? The short little patch, that simply does stops the system from complaining any more - it's busted - we know that.
--- linux/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c Mon Oct 1 14:12:50 2001 +++ linux-2.4.9-ac16/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c Mon Oct 1 14:10:19 2001 @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ int prof_old_multiplier[NR_CPUS] = { 1, }; int prof_counter[NR_CPUS] = { 1, }; +static int apic_error_count = 50; + int get_maxlvt(void) { unsigned int v, ver, maxlvt; @@ -1061,8 +1063,11 @@ 6: Received illegal vector 7: Illegal register address */ - printk (KERN_ERR "APIC error on CPU%d: %02lx(%02lx)\n", - smp_processor_id(), v , v1); + if (apic_error_count != 0) { + apic_error_count--; + printk (KERN_ERR "APIC error on CPU%d: %02lx(%02lx)\n", + smp_processor_id(), v , v1); + } } /* -- ------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- Thomas Davis | ASG Cluster guy tadavis@lbl.gov | (510) 486-4524 | "80 nodes and chugging Captain!" - 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/
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