Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:11:37 +0100 | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.59-mm6 |
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At 02:17 PM 1/27/2003 -0500, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: >On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > > (something seems funky with nmi_watchdog... hard lock = no_more_nmi_ticks > > . Anybody out there know enough about local APIC to explain why idle=poll > > gives nice 1 second nmi, but everything else depends upon cpu load?... and > > why when hardlock happens, it _stops_) > >Because we base the performance counter on unhalted cycles, whilst the >normal idle function does an hlt. I think the K7 can do halted too.
(well bugger, I _know_ I'm gonna regret this;)
When can the darn thing actually trigger an oops?
-Mike
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