2.5.25: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7

Eric Altendorf (EricAltendorf@orst.edu)
Tue, 30 Jul 2002 09:52:28 -0700


This is my first time trying to report a kernel problem, so I have no
idea if I'm doing it the right way or not. I also don't understand
the problem; maybe it's my own fault. Here it goes, though:

[1.] One line summary of the problem:

spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7. (during heavy disk reads)

[2.] Full description of the problem/report:

I was experimenting with kernel 2.5.25 with 2.4 IDE forward port and
Toshiba ACPI extensions. I was running find and part way through I
got this message on the console:
spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
It doesn't seem to be reproducible.

[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):

spurious, interrupt, IRQ7

[4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version):

Linux version 2.5.25 (root@zigoku) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat
Linux 7.3 2.96-110)) #1 Tue Jul 30 01:31:34 PDT 2002

[5.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic
information
resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt)

No oops.

[6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the
problem (if possible)

Haven't replicated it yet.

[7.] Environment
[7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)

Linux zigoku 2.5.25 #1 Tue Jul 30 01:31:34 PDT 2002 i586 unknown

Gnu C 2.96
Gnu make 3.79.1
util-linux 2.11n
mount 2.11n
modutils 2.4.14
e2fsprogs 1.27
reiserfsprogs 3.x.0j
pcmcia-cs 3.1.22
PPP 2.4.1
isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1
Linux C Library 2.2.5
Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.5
Procps 2.0.7
Net-tools 1.60
Console-tools 0.3.3
Sh-utils 2.0.11
Modules Loaded vfat fat

[7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo):

processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineTMx86
cpu family : 5
model : 4
model name : Transmeta(tm) Crusoe(tm) Processor TM5600
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 597.628
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr cx8 sep cmov mmx longrun lrti
bogomips : 1150.97

[7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules):

vfat 11360 2 (autoclean)
fat 37688 0 (autoclean) [vfat]

[7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports,
/proc/iomem)

0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
01f0-01f7 : ide0
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
1000-10ff : Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5451 PCI South Bridge Audio
1000-10ff : ALI 5451
4000-40ff : PCI CardBus #01
4400-44ff : PCI CardBus #01
edb0-edbf : Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE
edc0-edff : Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100]
edc0-edff : e100
ee00-ee3f : Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU
ef00-ef1f : Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU

00000000-0009fbff : System RAM
0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved
000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area
000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM
000e0000-000effff : Extension ROM
000f0000-000fffff : System ROM
00100000-0ef5bfff : System RAM
00100000-002369cc : Kernel code
002369cd-0028d5bb : Kernel data
0ef5c000-0ef5ffff : reserved
0ef60000-0ef6ffff : ACPI Tables
0ef70000-0f06ffff : reserved
10000000-10000fff : Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5451 PCI South
Bridge Audio
10001000-10001fff : Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC95 PCI to
Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support
10400000-107fffff : PCI CardBus #01
10800000-10bfffff : PCI CardBus #01
dfdfe000-dfdfefff : Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB
dfe00000-dfefffff : Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100]
dfe00000-dfefffff : e100
dffff000-dfffffff : Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100]
dffff000-dfffffff : e100
e0000000-e7ffffff : S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV
efd00000-efdfffff : Transmeta Corporation LongRun Northbridge
ffe00000-ffffffff : reserved

[7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root)

00:00.0 Host bridge: Transmeta Corporation LongRun Northbridge (rev
01)
Subsystem: Transmeta Corporation: Unknown device 0295
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Region 0: Memory at efd00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]

00:00.1 RAM memory: Transmeta Corporation SDRAM controller
Subsystem: Transmeta Corporation: Unknown device 0295
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

00:00.2 RAM memory: Transmeta Corporation BIOS scratchpad
Subsystem: Transmeta Corporation: Unknown device 0295
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

00:04.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV
(rev 13) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0001
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 248 (1000ns min, 63750ns max), cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]
M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 01)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0001
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR+ <PERR+
Latency: 64 (500ns min, 6000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: I/O ports at 1000 [size=256]
Region 1: Memory at 10000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:07.0 ISA bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1533 PCI to ISA
Bridge [Aladdin IV]
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0004
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100]
(rev 08)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0003
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 (2000ns min, 14000ns max), cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: Memory at dffff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Region 1: I/O ports at edc0 [size=64]
Region 2: Memory at dfe00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-

00:10.0 IDE interface: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE (rev c3)
(prog-if e0)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0004
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 (500ns min, 1000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 255
Region 4: I/O ports at edb0 [size=16]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:11.0 Bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0001
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

00:12.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC95 PCI to
Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0001
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 168
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: Memory at 10001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory window 0: 10400000-107ff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 10800000-10bff000
I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff
I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- 16bInt+ PostWrite+
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

00:14.0 USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] USB 1.1
Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0004
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 (20000ns max), cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 7
Region 0: Memory at dfdfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

[7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi)

No SCSI in this kernel. :-)

[7.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem
(please look in /proc and include all information that you
think to be relevant):

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