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RE: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7



A device with part number 8259A, which is a programmable interrrupt controller used with many devices to
interface with the system bus, has generated a unexpected Interrrupt. Asked for service without a real request.
ie. Noise.........
 
what lies around this line in the log file may give you a clue as to what device is actually generating the
interrrupt. If it only happens at boot time, it is possible that the device driver has a bug in it's
initialization routine that generates a spurious interrrupt to the OS. It should be reported appropriately.
 
If it happens all the time while the system is running, you have a bad hardware problem or something is
loose or improperly connected.  First ID the real source of the interrupt. The 8259A could be on many devices
or it may be on the MB. (more than one present.)
 
 
 
 
Kenneth Goodwin
Director of IT Operations
Datamark Technology, Inc.
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From: enigma-list-admin redhat com [mailto:enigma-list-admin redhat com]On Behalf Of Jim
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 12:06 PM
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Subject: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7

Weird.
 
I'm getting this error on boot and in my kernel log:
 
 Oct 26 10:51:42 staff kernel: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
 
Can someone explain just what this means and how I should go about fixing it?
 
Thanks,
 
Jim

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