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| author | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2008-12-30 08:02:35 +1030 |
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| committer | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2008-12-30 08:02:35 +1030 |
| commit | 33edcf133ba93ecba2e4b6472e97b689895d805c (patch) | |
| tree | 327d7a20acef64005e7c5ccbfa1265be28aeb6ac /Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | |
| parent | be4d638c1597580ed2294d899d9f1a2cd10e462c (diff) | |
| parent | 3c92ec8ae91ecf59d88c798301833d7cf83f2179 (diff) | |
| download | linux-33edcf133ba93ecba2e4b6472e97b689895d805c.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index bb1b0dd3bfcb..71df353e367c 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -1339,10 +1339,13 @@ nmi_watchdog Enables/Disables the NMI watchdog on x86 systems. When the value is non-zero the NMI watchdog is enabled and will continuously test all online cpus to -determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. +determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. Currently, +passing "nmi_watchdog=" parameter at boot time is required for this function +to work. -Because the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile, by disabling the NMI -watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to utilize. +If LAPIC NMI watchdog method is in use (nmi_watchdog=2 kernel parameter), the +NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile. By disabling the NMI watchdog, +oprofile may have more registers to utilize. msgmni ------ |