From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 20 14:13:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chen.org.nz (adsl-210.54.19.51.quicksilver.net.nz [210.54.19.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CF5837B400 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:13:47 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by chen.org.nz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2KMDYv68119; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:13:34 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:13:34 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Joe & Fhe Barbish Cc: Brendan McAlpine , FBSDQ Subject: Re: stray irq message Message-ID: <20020321101334.A68093@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from barbish@a1poweruser.com on Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 03:32:39PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 03:32:39PM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > This has nothing to do with the printer. > I have the printer and it's irq disabled in the pc bios and > removed from the kernel and I still get it. It comes out > when either an external or internal modem is used. This has > been around for many many years and makes FBSD look like an > inferior operating system. There has been more that enough > time to correct this bogus message. Just because it causes no > outward errors is not an acceptable reason to let it continue > year after year and release after release. If you want a good laugh > read the FBSD FAQ on the irq7 message. > > If everybody would submit a software bug report maybe the > pressure of notoriety will get some action. My understanding is that it's a h/w problem; ie it happens under *all* O/S's, however FreeBSD chooses to report it, rather than sweep it under the rug. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "You can get farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone" - Al Capone To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message