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FromEd Tomlinson <>
SubjectRe: Fwd: Fwd: laptop / computer hardlocks during execution of 32bit applications(binaries) on 64bit system (Gentoo)
DateThu, 10 Jan 2008 21:22:51 -0500
>> - if yes, does booting with "nmi_watchdog=2 idle=poll" give you a 
>> working NMI watchdog? (working NMI watchdog means the NMI counts
>> increase for all cores in /proc/interrupts).

> booting with the above gives me an incrementing NMI counter in /proc/interrupts

Ingo,

Is there anything else that needs to be set in the kernel config for the nmi watchdog to trigger?

I ask because I just had a hang but nothing showed on the _serial_ console - I waited a couple
of minutes before rebooting.... Is there any other way to verify the watchdog is working?
I seem to need X active with mix of 32 and 64 bit applications active to get hung here. A massivily
threaded 64 bit java app along with 32 bit firefox and a wine active will eventually trigger things here.
If I had to guess I would say that it the switch from 32 to 64 (or vise versa) that triggers the isuue.

TIA & test/debug patches welcome,
Ed Tomlinson



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