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

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Message-ID: <20081030175255.GA4675@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:52:55 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC -tip] x86: nmi - add sensible names to nmi_watchdog boot
	param


* Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com> wrote:

> 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
> ---
> 
>  arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c |   15 ++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

ok, that makes quite a bit of sense. Peter, any objections?

	Ingo
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