[ale] /proc/interrupts

[randy.dunlap at intel.com (Dunlap, Randy)]

I don't think it's an error either.  It's just that IRQ 13
is associated with floating point exceptions (match coprocessor,
built-in, or even floating point emulation software).

~Randy


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linux Idiot [mailto:esoteric at denali.atlnet.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 1998 5:52 AM
> To: Ben Phillips
> Cc: ale at cc.gatech.edu
> Subject: Re: [ale] /proc/interrupts
> 
> 
> Ben Phillips wrote:
> > 
> > It's not really an error AFAIK, I'm just looking at what I 
> see when I cat
> > /proc/interrupts.
> > 
> > On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Dunlap, Randy wrote:
> > > Is it for IRQ 13 (hex 0d)?  This is an old AT standard for
> > > floating point exceptions.  What kind of processor are you using?
> > 
> > Yes, it is on 13.  It's an old 486SX.  D'you suppose it's 
> there because of
> > some real error, or because it's an interrupt set up to 
> catch errors if they
> > happen?
> 
> Just rebooted my box to win95 and irq 13 is assigned to the math 
> coprocessor... ??
> 
> > 
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