From: Peter MacDonald (pmacdona@sanjuan)
Date: 12/28/92


From: pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald)
Subject: Re: Wild interrupt?
Date: 28 Dec 1992 16:19:05 GMT

In article <1992Dec28.105808.28239@informatik.uni-ulm.de> canver@mordor.informatik.uni-ulm.de (Ercument Canver) writes:
>
>I just compiled the .99p1 kernel and installed it on the hard disk.
>I am booting with LILO-0.7.
>Right at bootup I get a message saying
>
>...
>Wild interrupt? (IRQ 1)
>ttys0 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450
>ttys1 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16450
>...
>
>As a result of this, the mouse attached to /dev/ttys0 isn't handled properly.
>However, it works just fine with the boot floppy (.98p5) made by the SLS
>installation procedure; this one also doesn't report the "Wild interrupt".
>
>Is there a bug in .99p1 or am I doing something wrong when I compile the kernel?
>Thanx for your help.
>
>Cheers,
>
> E.Canver
> canver@informatik.uni-ulm.de

I too see the "Wild interrupt? (IRQ 1)", but it causes me no grief,
so I ignored it. (I am writing this via ttys0 now).

Peter.