[CentOS] Unplugging DVI causes Disabling IRQ #11

Sat Dec 10 04:39:24 UTC 2011
Scott Johnson <scottej23 at gmail.com>

I have some new PC hardware I'm using with the Intel H67 chipset.  I
created a bzImage I use for a PXE environment for a recovery mode,
installing OS images, etc.  The new mobo doesn't have a VGA port but
instead DVI.

Everytime I unplug the DVI cable it seems to cause "Disabling IRQ
#11".  After that the PC is basically unusable.  The /proc/interrupts
shows that hdd, usb, nic, RAID controller for some reason all share
the same interrupt.  What the heck?

I tried booting with acpi=off and the bios doesn't seem to offer any
IRQ/PnP options.  Am I missing a specific driver in my bzImage for the
H67 chipset or any ideas of what I could try next?  It's been a sad
day.

bash-2.05b# cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0
  0:   15185951    XT-PIC-XT        timer
  1:          4    XT-PIC-XT        i8042
  2:          0    XT-PIC-XT        cascade
  7:         75    XT-PIC-XT        ehci_hcd:usb2
  8:          1    XT-PIC-XT        rtc
 11:    2090574    XT-PIC-XT        ahci, ehci_hcd:usb1, eth0, rr172x

I even see a similar error on a fresh CentOS 5.7 install:

irq 169: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)

Call Trace:
 <IRQ>  [<ffffffff800bdf66>] __report_bad_irq+0x30/0x7d
 [<ffffffff800be1a4>] note_interrupt+0x1f1/0x232
 [<ffffffff800bd6a5>] __do_IRQ+0xfa/0x140
 [<ffffffff8006d4c1>] do_IRQ+0xe9/0xf7
 [<ffffffff8005d615>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0xa
 <EOI>  [<ffffffff801a2220>] acpi_safe_halt+0x25/0x36
 [<ffffffff801a2a88>] acpi_processor_idle_simple+0xe6/0x31c
 [<ffffffff801a29a2>] acpi_processor_idle_simple+0x0/0x31c
 [<ffffffff80048fe2>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8
 [<ffffffff80078a9a>] start_secondary+0x479/0x488

handlers:
[<ffffffff801fc748>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x55)
Disabling IRQ #169

Thanks for any help.
-ScottEJ