Can not free irq 0

[Mulyadi Santosa]

Hi...

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 03:59, Parmenides <mobile.parmenides at gmail.com> wrote:
>> are you really sure? in my system (laptop with core duo cpu) it is
>> increased by around 1000-2000 every 2 seconds and AFAIK it is using
>> HPET.
>>
> Yes. How can I see the timer is i8253 or HPET? I just found 'timer' in
> terms of the output of 'cat /proc/interrupts'.

try dumping the output of
"/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource*/current_clocksource"

>> So maybe IMO free_irq() is causing your cpu referencing null
>> instruction...that might be due to free_irq is not checking whether it
>> is safe to delete a handler....
>>
> After enabling the RTC support, I have recompiled the kernel and try
> to use the irq 8. But, it seems that the 'irq_request()' can not
> register my hangler.

isn't that 8 occupied by rtc? and it might be occupied
exclusively....a.k.a you can put more handler there

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