Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:37:17 +0100 (BST) | From | John Levon <> | Subject | Re: [patch] enabling APIC and NMI watchdog on UP systems |
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On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, John Levon wrote:
> Is it really necessary to use one of the event counters ? this means those > of us using event counters from modules can't use this oopser at > the same time, which is a pity. > > > Can you not set up the actual APIC timer on a local APIC to deliver NMIs > ? (Sorry, been a while since I read the intel docs) >
Ugh, after checking, it seems delivery mode is not settable for the APIC timer. Sorry for the confusion. Why did Intel make it like this :/
I suppose nmi_watchdog=0 is the only option ...
thanks john
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