Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753747AbYLZIxr (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:53:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752956AbYLZIxi (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:53:38 -0500 Received: from mail.ukfsn.org ([77.75.108.10]:56152 "EHLO mail.ukfsn.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752914AbYLZIxi (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:53:38 -0500 Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:53:35 +0000 From: Nick Warne To: LKML Subject: [QUESTION] Rather high /proc/interrupts ERR count Message-ID: <20081226085335.2ecd5cfb@sauron.linicks.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.6.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1893 Lines: 47 Hi all, Running 2.6.28 stable. x86_64 system with AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ The machine runs perfectly fine, but... ...should I be concerned with the rather high ERR count below (this is after 41 minutes uptime). I also have to boot with noapic to stop lockups (nvidia driver, I expect): CPU0 CPU1 0: 125 1 XT-PIC-XT timer 1: 5534 97 XT-PIC-XT i8042 2: 0 0 XT-PIC-XT cascade 3: 1 0 XT-PIC-XT 4: 1 1 XT-PIC-XT 5: 78933 11713 XT-PIC-XT sata_nv, ohci_hcd:usb2, Intel ICH 6: 3 0 XT-PIC-XT floppy 7: 21189 333431 XT-PIC-XT 8: 1 0 XT-PIC-XT rtc0 9: 0 0 XT-PIC-XT acpi 10: 246562 9267 XT-PIC-XT eth0 11: 2296 72 XT-PIC-XT sata_nv, ehci_hcd:usb1, nvidia 14: 98 51 XT-PIC-XT pata_amd 15: 0 0 XT-PIC-XT pata_amd NMI: 0 0 Non-maskable interrupts LOC: 236200 234958 Local timer interrupts RES: 33224 73287 Rescheduling interrupts CAL: 890 964 Function call interrupts TLB: 982 1127 TLB shootdowns TRM: 0 0 Thermal event interrupts THR: 0 0 Threshold APIC interrupts SPU: 0 0 Spurious interrupts ERR: 354616 MIS: 0 -- Free Software Foundation Associate Member 5508 http://linicks.net/ -- 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/