Re: [PATCH] NMI watchdog documentation

From: Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de)
Date: Tue Jul 29 2003 - 11:06:30 EST


> Andi, you have the numbers mixed up. mode 1 is I/O-APIC, mode 2 is local APIC,
> and x86-64 defaults nmi_watchdog to I/O-APIC mode.
> Now, is it the I/O-APIC or local APIC watchdog that doesn't work in x86-64?

Right, 1 and 2 need to be exchanged. Anyways local apic mode does not seem
to work, the kernel always reportss "NMI stuck" at bootup.
IO APIC mode for is default.

I have not tested if it works with a 32bit kernel on an Opteron box.

-Andi
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