linux-kernel - Re: [RFC -tip] x86: nmi - add sensible names to nmi

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Date:	Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:10:53 -0400
From:	Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...hat.com>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC -tip] x86: nmi - add sensible names to nmi_watchdog boot
	param

> Add sensible names as "lapic" and "ioapic" to
> nmi_watchdog boot parameter. Sometimes it is not
> that easy to recall what exactly nmi_watchdog=1
> does mean so we allow the using of symbolic names here.
> 
> Old numeric values remain valid.
looks good to me, but you need to update the documentation as well.

-- 
Aristeu

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