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It is a hardware 'feature', but nothing to worry about.  The software 
just has to live with it.  This problem is as old as the PC itself, 
dating back to the original IBM design from 1981.

Cheers,
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Herman Oosthuysen
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AnonimoVeneziano wrote:
> I've noticed also that the number indicated by the ERR field in 
> /proc/interrupts increase slowly with the time.
> But, at the end of all I haven't understood well what is this error, and 
> what the ERR field indicates. And why with IO-APIC it disappears? 
> (IO-APIC gives me very much problems with ACPI :-( )
> 
> Bye
> 
> 
> AnonimoVeneziano wrote:
> 
>> What does it mean this message?
>>
>> Of what problem is the signal?
>> There is a way to solve this? (Next kernel versions) or is an HW 
>> problem? (Motherboard MSI KT7 Ultra)
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bye
>>
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