Re: [PATCH] softdog - panic instead of reboot, kernel 2.6.22.9

[Alan Cox]

> analysis.  Provided that timer interrupts are not blocked, this patch 
> might enable them to get a crash dump in such a situation by activating 
> softdog.

You want the NMI based anti lockup stuff for that. If the box locks up
then generally softdog will fail. The NMI based debug
(CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP) is the option you want.

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