Re: [PATCH 1/2] watchdog, hpwdt: Remove priority option for NMIcallback

[Don Zickus]

On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 05:28:15PM +0000, Mingarelli, Thomas wrote:
> Can I register for more than one type? Like NMI_UNKNOWN | NMI_DIE (or something like that)?

There are only two queues, NMI_LOCAL and NMI_UNKNOWN.  The difference is
NMI_LOCAL has handlers that can determine if they are the NMI source,
which is needed because _every_ handler is executed on every NMI.
NMI_UNKNOWN is reserved for handlers that just assume the NMI is theirs.

Cheers,
Don
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