How to prevent the error "kernel: Disabling IRQ #185" and why does it occur?

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Issue

  • Periodically, the system hangs after printing an error about Disabling IRQ #185

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.2
  • VMWare ESX
  • e1000 driver

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