Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Mon, 18 Aug 2003 01:16:16 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: NMI appears to be stuck! (2.4.22-rc2 on dual Athlon) |
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Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > > mine works fine only with nmi_watchdog=2. Don't know why. > > > It's an ASUS A7M266D. > > > > hmm, nmi_watchdog=2 on the kernel boot line gives no > > difference to booting without, at least according to > > the boot messages ... > > nmi_watchdog=2 will work on the majority of i686+ (performance > counters with NMI delivery mode) boxes and you can check whether it's > enabled by doing cat /proc/interrupts and watching if the NMI line ticks > at a decent rate. nmi_watchdog=1 tends to be harder for hardware > manufacturers to get right (for some reason or other).
Is it possible to try both at boot time and pick the one which works?
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