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| author | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-01-09 03:39:43 -0500 |
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| committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-01-09 03:39:43 -0500 |
| commit | b2576e1d4408e134e2188c967b1f28af39cd79d4 (patch) | |
| tree | 004f3c82faab760f304ce031d6d2f572e7746a50 /Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt | |
| parent | 3cc8a5f4ba91f67bbdb81a43a99281a26aab8d77 (diff) | |
| parent | 2150edc6c5cf00f7adb54538b9ea2a3e9cedca3f (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into release
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diff --git a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt index 90aa4531cb6..bf9f80a9828 100644 --- a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt +++ b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt @@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ to the overall system performance. On x86 nmi_watchdog is disabled by default so you have to enable it with a boot time parameter. +It's possible to disable the NMI watchdog in run-time by writing "0" to +/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog. Writing "1" to the same file will re-enable +the NMI watchdog. Notice that you still need to use "nmi_watchdog=" parameter +at boot time. + NOTE: In kernels prior to 2.4.2-ac18 the NMI-oopser is enabled unconditionally on x86 SMP boxes. |