Re: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7

[Tomas Szepe]

> I have read through quite a few mailing lists and other sources but
> can't find an adequate solution. One solution I found was to turn off
> Local APIC support and IO-APIC support in the kernel, which I tried and
> it worked, but I'd rather not do this. I realise the error isn't of a
> huge concern but it's still annoying having it appear everytime the
> machine boots up.

Your fix is to just realize that this is a mere warning -- Nothing's
wrong with your setup.

If you dig out a thread that came through here abt. two months ago,
you'll find a comprehensive explanation of what the message means.

T.