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authorMarcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com>2008-03-23 16:06:30 -0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-03-27 11:08:45 -0400
commit5abbcf29928966b28d70f8a0da424f55582f8603 (patch)
tree9fe5665a315f80f8848b5688a2df0ba46f62aee9 /Documentation
parent25e59881f109dc6378ebc463ae4c2de907435de3 (diff)
x86, documentation: nmi_watchdog=2 works on x86_64
Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
index c025a4561c10..757c729ee42e 100644
--- a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ kernel debugging options, such as Kernel Stack Meter or Kernel Tracer,
23may implicitly disable the NMI watchdog.] 23may implicitly disable the NMI watchdog.]
24 24
25For x86-64, the needed APIC is always compiled in, and the NMI watchdog is 25For x86-64, the needed APIC is always compiled in, and the NMI watchdog is
26always enabled with I/O-APIC mode (nmi_watchdog=1). Currently, local APIC 26always enabled with I/O-APIC mode (nmi_watchdog=1).
27mode (nmi_watchdog=2) does not work on x86-64.
28 27
29Using local APIC (nmi_watchdog=2) needs the first performance register, so 28Using local APIC (nmi_watchdog=2) needs the first performance register, so
30you can't use it for other purposes (such as high precision performance 29you can't use it for other purposes (such as high precision performance