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From: rim@bme.ri.ccf.org (Robert M. Cothren)
Subject: Re: The Stray Interrupt Problem (7) under NetBSD ?
In-Reply-To: witr@rwwa.com's message of 2 Feb 1994 11:32:51 -0500
Message-ID: <RIM.94Feb2125844@roadrunner.bme.ri.ccf.org>
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Sender: rim@bme.ri.ccf.org (Robert M. Cothren)
Organization: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
References: <1994Jan28.222149.12886@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca>
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Date: Wed, 2 Feb 1994 17:58:44 GMT

In article <2iokjj$he5@meatball.rwwa.com> witr@rwwa.com (Robert
Withrow) writes:

 > This can either be *Fixed*, by fixing the code that does this, or
 > *Ignored*, since it is basically a benign problem.  But do not be
 > confused that the latter is the same as fixing the problem.

This is *especially* true since it keeps my system from booting >95%
of the time.  "Ignoring" is not really a viable option to me.  And in
my case, I cannot really consider it benign.

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----Robert M. Cothren, PhD--------------------------rim@bme.ri.ccf.org----
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
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