Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763449AbYALUX1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:23:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932105AbYALUVx (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:21:53 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:33251 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762610AbYALUVv (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:21:51 -0500 Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:21:47 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Benjamin LaHaise Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: remove "too much work for irq" printk Message-ID: <20080112202147.GA2730@infradead.org> References: <20080112201543.GB12775@kvack.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080112201543.GB12775@kvack.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 715 Lines: 15 On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 03:15:43PM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > When using kvm with a serial console, the serial driver will print out > "too much work for irq4" on any heavy activity (ie vi on a file repainting > the terminal). This message is entirely spurious, as output continues to > work fine. Remove the message as it corrupts screen output and is far too > easy to trigger. Yeah, this message has been annoying me too. Thanks for sending the patch. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/