Re: Kernel message: ignoring spike

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Hi!

John Terry "jo...@fo..." wrote:

> Can anyone shed some light on this kernel message I'm getting sporadically:
>
> Feb  5 10:10:12 mythbox kernel: lirc_serial: ignoring spike: 1 1 47a8a684
> 47a8a684 3b1a1 3cb1a
>
> My casual browsing of the code leaves me thinking I have some interrupt
> problems, but, I don't even play a kernel programmer on TV ...  :)

It means that the driver missed an interrupt because it probably came in  
too fast.
But there's nothing to worry about if everything else is still working  
fine. If you are annoyed by the message, it's safe to comment it out.

Christoph