Subject: Re: AS1200 stray IRQ messages
To: Julian Coleman <jdc@coris.org.uk>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-alpha
Date: 06/17/2004 22:09:35
On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 09:44:41AM +0100, Julian Coleman wrote:
> > From what I remember, this mean the kenrel got an interrupt on this line,
> > but no driver claimed it.
> > But I may be wrong.
> 
> That's what I thought.  However, on my 164LX, dmesg says:
> 
>   cmdide0: CMD Technology PCI0646 (rev. 0x01)
>   cmdide0: bus-master DMA support present
>   cmdide0: primary channel wired to compatibility mode
>   cmdide0: primary channel interrupting at isa irq 14
>    ...
>   lpt0 at isa0 port 0x3bc-0x3bf irq 7
> 
> but I see:
> 
>   stray isa irq 14
> 
> during boot, and
> 
>   stray isa irq 7
> 
> when I connect a printer.

May be because the associated driver didn't claim the interrupt (e.g. the
kernel gets an IRQ 7 and the lpt driver says "it's not for me, I'm not
waiting for an interrupt)

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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