Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 18:17:11 -0700 From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: jeff-ml@mountin.net Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0 missing some docs? Message-ID: <199810240117.SAA01142@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19981023154926.007002b0@207.227.119.2> References: <3.0.3.32.19981023032536.0075034c@207.227.119.2> <3.0.3.32.19981023154926.007002b0@207.227.119.2>
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In article <3.0.3.32.19981023154926.007002b0@207.227.119.2>,
Jeffrey J. Mountin <jeff-ml@mountin.net> wrote:
> >It's a hardware-ism. IRQ 7 is the generic junk IRQ.
>
> Why would changing to an elf kernel "fix" the strays? Nothing else has
> changed since the kernel went from aout -> elf. If it were a hardware-ism,
> as you say, this change should do nothing to eliminate the strays. Unless
> the new elf kernel ignores stray IRQ7's, because there are no drivers using
> that interrupt.
I wonder if the difference could be caused by the new bootloader.
Have you tried booting an a.out kernel using the new boot code?
It would be interesting to find out whether the IRQ 7s came back
again.
John
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