From: Marcin Slusarz Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:06:30 +0000 (+0100) Subject: x86, documentation: nmi_watchdog=2 works on x86_64 X-Git-Tag: v2.6.25-rc8~73^2~2 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5abbcf29928966b28d70f8a0da424f55582f8603;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-3.10.git x86, documentation: nmi_watchdog=2 works on x86_64 Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- diff --git a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt index c025a45..757c729 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, may implicitly disable the NMI watchdog.] For x86-64, the needed APIC is always compiled in, and the NMI watchdog is -always enabled with I/O-APIC mode (nmi_watchdog=1). Currently, local APIC -mode (nmi_watchdog=2) does not work on x86-64. +always enabled with I/O-APIC mode (nmi_watchdog=1). Using local APIC (nmi_watchdog=2) needs the first performance register, so you can't use it for other purposes (such as high precision performance