Re: An unexpected IO-APIC was found , how can i do?

ÕÔʤÔÆ wrote:

>hi,
>
>   My server is dell poweredge 2850, os is linux AS3,when i start system,i find some errors on dmesg process:
>
>[root@localhost root]# dmesg|more
>.....
>An unexpected IO-APIC was found. If this kernel release is less than three months old please report this to [email protected] .... IRQ redirection table:
> NR Log Phy Mask Trig IRR Pol Stat Dest Deli Vect:   
> 00 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
> 01 00F 0F  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    39
> 02 00F 0F  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    31
> 03 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
> 04 00F 0F  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    41
> 05 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
> 06 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
> 07 00F 0F  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    49
> 08 00F 0F  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    51
> 09 00F 0F  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    59
> 0a 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
>
>is that say that my kernel is too old? 
>

More likely your BIOS, and the APIC stuff or MPS data is broken. AS3 is
a bit old, but probably not the issue.

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bill davidsen <[email protected]>
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