also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.04.09.0034 +0200]: > > No. nmi_watchdog=1 means IOAPIC, nmi_watchdog=2 means LAPIC. You > > need to have the NMI Watchdog compiled into the kernel. > > This is my problem. I have looked around the LAPIC stuff and in the > Watchdog section, but there is nothing about an NMI watchdog. I have > enabled the Hangcheck timer and the Software watchdog.
Okay, I did find it -- kernel/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt told me all that I needed. Last question here: is it adviseable to run the NMI watchdog on a productive system? After all, uptime is important, and as far as I understand, the NMI watchdog should be able to reboot the machine more often than it happens without the NMI watchdog. Of course, I won't stop until this machine is rock stable. But in the mean time... ? -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver!
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