I get these messages all the time in my WinBook (imagine that).
Basically, as best I can tell, the PCMCIA controller gets an IRQ...then it
reseves two IRQs, one for each slot.  The IRQ associated with a card in a
slot that not in use will generate these messages.  I.E., when I'm using
my 3com modem v.s. my NIC, it complains about the other & vice/versa.

--lava

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 oinkfreebiker@att.net wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> From dmesg I see (amongst many another) these
> contiguous lines...
>
> pcmcia0: card irq 9
> stray interrupt 9
>
> ...on my IBM Thinkpad 380Z on NetBSD 1.5.
>
> For some reason "stray interrupt" doesn't sound
> appropriate to me.
>
> Is my paranoia on overdrive? Or does it mean
> something I should check out?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gan Starling
> Kalamazoo MI USA
>
>

--Brian

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