Re: Possible bug in 2.2.7, 2.2.9, & 2.2.10

Riley Williams (rhw@MemAlpha.CX)
Tue, 20 Jul 1999 21:36:21 +0100 (GMT)


Hi Sarah.

> [1.] One line summary of the problem:
> On boot, the system produces the error "kernel: spurious APIC
> interrupt on CPU#0, should never happen."

> [2.] Full description of the problem/report:
> This error has occured whenever I compile SMP support into the
> kernel. I've tried 2.2.7, 2.2.9, and 2.2.10 with the same
> results. Many times, the kernel gives me this error and the
> system won't even finish booting.

Have you tried booting those kernels and giving them a "noapic"
parameter? If so, what does the result say?

Best wishes from Riley.

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