On Fri 2007-11-30 13:13:44, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Why does a single spurious interrupt cause it to be shut down? I can
>
> It doesn't.
>
> > see if the interrupt is stuck on and keeps interrupting constantly, but
> > if it's just the occasional spurious interrupt, why not just ignore it
> > and move on?
>
> The interrupt is usually level triggered so it continues to create
> interrupts until you silence it. The thresholds are about 10,000
> interrupt events and on newer kernels we also reset the count if we don't
> see any for a while. That works for most stuff except the thinkpad
> bluetooth problem.
Which is confirmed hw problem now, btw.
Pavel
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