What does the "ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKX]" error message mean?

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Issue

  • After rebooting the system as part of a precheck for system update, the Ethernet card was not brought up with the following error messages:
Nov  5 22:58:12 <hostname> kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *9 10 11 14 15)
Nov  5 22:58:12 <hostname> kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 *5 6 7 9 10 11 14 15)
Nov  5 22:58:12 <hostname> kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 14 15)
Nov  5 22:58:12 <hostname> kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 *10 11 14 15)

Environment

  • RHEL 6.3: 2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64
  • Guest system running on VMware ESX 4.1.0
  • vmxnet3 module

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