Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 May 2005 14:52:51 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] adjust x86-64 watchdog tick calculation |
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On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 02:52:05PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> Get the x86-64 watchdog tick calculation into a state where it can also > >> be used with nmi_hz other than 1Hz. Also do not turn on the watchdog by > >> default (as is already done on i386). > > > >I already fixed this some time ago by using the same code as i386. > > > >That is what is in the current tree: > > wrmsr(MSR_K7_PERFCTR0, -(cpu_khz/nmi_hz*1000), -1); > > > >But I guess your version will work with a higher frequency, right? > > For this part of the patch, yes, this will help with frequencies beyond 4GHz. The other change is which deals with nmi_hz being other than 1Hz.
I will queue it for after 2.6.12. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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