linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] arch generic way to trigger unknown NMIs

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Date:	Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:08:16 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	mingo@...e.hu, fweisbec@...il.com, robert.richter@....com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] arch generic way to trigger unknown NMIs

On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 12:58:28PM +0400, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
...
> >  How different is it to the other two send_IPI shorthand calls?  Or the 
> > fully-fledged one?  I gather from this thread they already handle NMIs 
> > properly, so what is there within that cannot simply be copied over to 
> > this one?
> > 
> >   Maciej
> > 
> 
>  Hmm, good question ;) I thought about 82489dx which required level
> trigger mode for nmi delivery, new (or present day) apics always
> use edge trigger mode so indeed there is no need for level assert/deassert.
> 
>   Cyrill

I'll try to cook a patch for this.

  Cyrill
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