Subject: Re: *** no timer interrupts on CPU 0 *** ?
To: None <kpneal@pobox.com>
From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 10/21/2001 08:46:29
Ditto for FreeBSD on a PC164 also.


On Sun, 21 Oct 2001 kpneal@pobox.com wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 12:45:16AM -0700, B. James Phillippe wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am seeing a strange message on bootup of my PC164 about "no timer
> > interrupts on CPU 0".  I have only had this system for about 2 weeks, but
> > this is the first time I've seen this.  I am running 1.5.2 and the system
> > seems to be working otherwise without problem.  Before I dive into this any
> > further, is there any cause for alarm here?  Here is the output I am seeing
> > (booting via serial console):
> 
> It doesn't seem to be a problem on the AXPpci33 I've had running for
> over a year. I seem to get that message when I power the machine on
> and let it boot without stopping at an SRM prompt. NetBSD doesn't seem
> to care.
> 
> *shrug*
> -- 
> Kevin P. Neal                                http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/
> 
> "It sounded pretty good, but it's hard to tell how it will work out
> in practice." -- Dennis Ritchie, ~1977, "Summary of a DEC 32-bit machine"
>