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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-03-27 13:20:47 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-03-27 13:20:47 -0700
commitfb8c7fb25d7d754a992481e9f763ec0b5889c4d9 (patch)
treed43cd30836988e263ddeecd54a6c74e9ac03aad2 /Documentation
parent074fcab574a36edec35d2e74955250f2e17d6000 (diff)
parent2e8fe719b57bbdc9e313daed1204bb55fed3ed44 (diff)
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86: xen: fix UP setup of shared_info xen: fix RMW when unmasking events x86, documentation: nmi_watchdog=2 works on x86_64 x86: stricter check in follow_huge_addr() rdc321x: GPIO routines bugfixes x86: ptrace.c: fix defined-but-unused warnings x86: fix prefetch workaround
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt3
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
index c025a4561c1..757c729ee42 100644
--- a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ kernel debugging options, such as Kernel Stack Meter or Kernel Tracer,
may implicitly disable the NMI watchdog.]
For x86-64, the needed APIC is always compiled in, and the NMI watchdog is
-always enabled with I/O-APIC mode (nmi_watchdog=1). Currently, local APIC
-mode (nmi_watchdog=2) does not work on x86-64.
+always enabled with I/O-APIC mode (nmi_watchdog=1).
Using local APIC (nmi_watchdog=2) needs the first performance register, so
you can't use it for other purposes (such as high precision performance