IRQ #3 - "nobody cared" when accessing wireless?

[Jim Cornette]

One of the problems that I had with kernel 2.4.24 was locking up my 
Cisco Wireless card when starting network. I tried to see if the 
wireless worked and the irq 3 error was broadcasted to the terminal. 
After noting the broadcast to the terminal, I ran dmesg which showed the 
below when the card was activated with s-c-network.

Is this a bug, a request for adding an additional parameter to the 
kernel or just additional noise due to debugging enabled in the kernel?

The light was flashing on the wireless card so I assume it is working. I 
did not try NetworkManager because I don't know or want to know my 
neighbors passphrases.

Jim


warning: process `system-control-' used the deprecated sysctl system 
call with 1.23.
warning: process `/usr/sbin/syste' used the deprecated sysctl system 
call with 1.23.
irq 3: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
Pid: 4248, comm: ip Not tainted 2.6.25-0.40.rc1.git2.fc9 #1
  [<c0462878>] __report_bad_irq+0x2e/0x6f
  [<c0462a80>] note_interrupt+0x1c7/0x21f
  [<c04620f1>] ? handle_IRQ_event+0x47/0x4f
  [<c04630c7>] handle_level_irq+0x94/0xc8
  [<c0463033>] ? handle_level_irq+0x0/0xc8
  [<c040811b>] do_IRQ+0x98/0xc5
  [<c04067ca>] common_interrupt+0x2e/0x34
  [<c042e806>] ? __do_softirq+0x6c/0x10a
  [<c0408022>] do_softirq+0x79/0xda
  [<c0463033>] ? handle_level_irq+0x0/0xc8
  [<c042e384>] irq_exit+0x44/0x77
  [<c040812f>] do_IRQ+0xac/0xc5
  [<c04067ca>] common_interrupt+0x2e/0x34
  [<c063be44>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x44/0x50
  [<c046261b>] setup_irq+0x159/0x1b2
  [<c0462768>] request_irq+0xf4/0x112
  [<e8a1b610>] ? airo_interrupt+0x0/0x100b [airo]
  [<e8a1b080>] airo_open+0xa3/0x167 [airo]
  [<c05c8390>] dev_open+0x46/0x7e
  [<c05c7f0c>] dev_change_flags+0x9f/0x152
  [<c05cea9c>] do_setlink+0x24a/0x2fc
  [<c05cfd54>] rtnl_newlink+0x257/0x3ad
  [<c05cfb69>] ? rtnl_newlink+0x6c/0x3ad
  [<c05cfbaa>] ? rtnl_newlink+0xad/0x3ad
  [<c04d98dc>] ? selinux_netlink_recv+0x4d/0x57
  [<c05cfafd>] ? rtnl_newlink+0x0/0x3ad
  [<c05cfae3>] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x1a5/0x1bf
  [<c05cf93e>] ? rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x0/0x1bf
  [<c05dcbc2>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x30/0x86
  [<c05cf936>] rtnetlink_rcv+0x1e/0x26
  [<c05dc6e6>] netlink_unicast+0x1b7/0x215
  [<c05dc99c>] netlink_sendmsg+0x258/0x265
  [<c05bcc99>] sock_sendmsg+0xde/0xf9
  [<c043ac8f>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x33
  [<c040a388>] ? native_sched_clock+0xb5/0xd1
  [<c04ffd44>] ? copy_from_user+0x39/0x121
  [<c05c36a5>] ? verify_iovec+0x40/0x6f
  [<c05bcdf3>] sys_sendmsg+0x13f/0x192
  [<c040a0ba>] ? sched_clock+0x8/0xb
  [<c04446e5>] ? lock_release_holdtime+0x1a/0x115
  [<c04d8625>] ? avc_has_perm_noaudit+0x3a1/0x3dc
  [<c0445cc7>] ? mark_held_locks+0x4e/0x66
  [<c0485c14>] ? __slab_alloc+0xbc/0x4d7
  [<c0445e4f>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xe9/0x10a
  [<c0478078>] ? __vma_link+0x6e/0x73
  [<c04780cc>] ? vma_link+0x4f/0xc4
  [<c040a388>] ? native_sched_clock+0xb5/0xd1
  [<c05bdd27>] sys_socketcall+0x16b/0x188
  [<c0405d72>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
  =======================
handlers:
[<e8a1b610>] (airo_interrupt+0x0/0x100b [airo])
Disabling IRQ #3
eth1: no IPv6 routers present

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