Re: Possible bug in 2.2.7, 2.2.9, & 2.2.10

Sarah Schwalm (starlite@mama.indstate.edu)
Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:46:56 -0500 (EST)


> 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?

I just tried it, and I got something to the effect of:
kernel panic VFS: Unable to mount root file system
Obviously, it's not in my logs for me to give you the exact error. It's
not a happy day in the land of the 2.2.7 kernel on my box. :)

Sarah

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