linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: nmi - document lapic and ioapic parameters

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Date:	Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:28:35 -0400
From:	Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...hat.com>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: nmi - document lapic and ioapic parameters

> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
> ---
> 
> On top of -tip dda51106620c328b50007c259b9ef8cea2b7c3d2
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.git.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt	2008-10-27 21:35:08.000000000 +0300
> +++ linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt	2008-10-31 22:21:59.000000000 +0300
> @@ -1404,6 +1404,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
>  			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
>  
>  	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
> +			Format: [panic,][num]
> +			Valid num: 0,1,2
> +			0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
> +			1 - use IO-APIC
> +			2 - use local APIC
> +			Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
> +			symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
> +			Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
>  
>  	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
>  			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor

Acked-by: Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...vo.org>

-- 
Aristeu

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