Re: NMI watchdog in 2.6.3-mm4/2.6.4-mm1

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sat Mar 13 2004 - 19:52:13 EST


Joerg Sommrey <jo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> n my box (Tyan Tiger MPX / 2x AMD Athlon) the NMI watchdog never worked
> on any kernel that I tried (2.4.x, 2.6.x). I always found:
> | activating NMI Watchdog ... done.
> | testing NMI watchdog ... CPU#0: NMI appears to be stuck!
>
> But there is one exception: 2.6.3-mm4 shows:
> | activating NMI Watchdog ... done.
> | testing NMI watchdog ... OK.
>
> [2.6.3-mm4 was the only -mmX kernel I tried so far.]
>
> With 2.6.4-mm1 the NMI watchdog is again not functional in my box. Any
> ideas?

Please try the next -mm. If that still has problems I'll drop both the
remaining NMI patches and would request that Phillippe ask you to test any
future NMI patches on that machine.

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