Re: [PATCH] Mobil Pentium 4 HT and the NMI

[Philippe Elie]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 at 20:23 +0000, Andrew Morton wrote:

> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm resending this since I don't see it in git yet, and I'm wondering if
> > there is a problem with this patch.  I have a IBM ThinkPad G41 with a
> > Mobile Pentium 4 HT.  Without this patch, the NMI won't be setup.  Is
> > there a reason that if the x86_model is greater than 0x3 it will return.
> > Since my processor has a 0x4 x86_model, I upped it to that. Otherwise my
> > laptop won't be able to use the NMI.
> > 
> 
> Well I was hoping that someone with knowledge of the low-level Intel model
> differences would pipe up, but they all seem to be in hiding.  (Wildly
> bcc's lots of x86 people).

There is no documented change regarding to the used msr for P4 model 4,
Zwane do this for oprofile the 2005-02-02 and nobody complained.

-- 
Philippe Elie

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