WARNING: unexpected IO-APIC, please mail

[Kaveh Goudarzi <kaveh@arkasoft.com>]

Hi,

	Our server is crashing left right and centre ...
going through the logs I saw a message attached below.
I have tried to include other server informaiton

excerp from /var/log/messages
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Nov 17 10:50:21 server1 kernel: ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
Nov 17 10:50:21 server1 kernel: ...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 2 ... ok.
Nov 17 10:50:21 server1 kernel: ..TIMER: vector=0x31 pin1=2 pin2=0
Nov 17 10:50:21 server1 kernel: testing the IO APIC.......................
Nov 17 10:50:21 server1 kernel:
Nov 17 10:50:21 server1 kernel:  WARNING: unexpected IO-APIC, please mail
Nov 17 10:50:21 server1 kernel:           to linux-smp@vger.kernel.org
Nov 17 10:50:21 server1 kernel: .................................... done.
Nov 17 10:50:21 server1 kernel: Using local APIC timer interrupts.
Nov 17 10:50:21 server1 kernel: calibrating APIC timer ...

Basic Redhat Linux 7.1

[root@server1 /root]# uname -a
Linux server1.gumboo.com 2.4.9-12.0RSsmp #1 SMP Fri Nov 2 23:38:08 CST 2001 i686 unknown

1 Gig Ram
Devices
  Network Card
  SCSI Tape backup Device
  RAID Controler		
[root@server1 /root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 8
model name      : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping        : 6
cpu MHz         : 999.680
cache size      : 256 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips        : 1992.29

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 8
model name      : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping        : 6
cpu MHz         : 999.680
cache size      : 256 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips        : 1998.84


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