On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 11:09:35PM -0400, Daniel B. wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > > Daniel B. wrote: > > > Is this something I need to do something about: > > > Oct 18 20:29:30 dsb kernel: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7. > > > > Just ignore it. It basically means that you do not have anything > > connected to the parallel port. > > That obviously can't be right--I have a working printer attached to > the parallel port.
It isn't right. What it means is that an interrupt was asserted, but by the time the hardware got around to telling the CPU, it wasn't there any more. IRQ7 is the lowest priority interrupt, and that's where the service routine ends up. It's harmless. -- Marc Wilson | O.K., fine. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
