From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: remove "too much work for irq" printk Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:21:47 +0000 Message-ID: <20080112202147.GA2730@infradead.org> References: <20080112201543.GB12775@kvack.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:33251 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762610AbYALUVv (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:21:51 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080112201543.GB12775@kvack.org> Sender: linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org To: Benjamin LaHaise Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 03:15:43PM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > When using kvm with a serial console, the serial driver will print out > "too much work for irq4" on any heavy activity (ie vi on a file repainting > the terminal). This message is entirely spurious, as output continues to > work fine. Remove the message as it corrupts screen output and is far too > easy to trigger. Yeah, this message has been annoying me too. Thanks for sending the patch.