nmi watchdog documentation update
PATCH 1/1 nmi watchdog documentation update
Hello,
I've spent quite some time finding out how to use nmi watchdog to reboot the system. This feature is not documented at all, would it be possible to apply this patch to explain things at least a bit?
thanks a lot!
regards
Nikola Ciprich
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Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +1 -0
@@ -1002,6 +1002,7 @@ running once the system is up. entries. nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=IA-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels + Read nmi_watchdog.txt no387 [BUGS=IA-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt +5 -0
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ the NMI-oopser is enabled unconditionall On x86-64 the NMI oopser is on by default. On 64bit Intel CPUs it uses IO-APIC by default and on AMD it uses local APIC. +Causing kernel panic using NMI watchdog +NMI watchdog can also cause kernel panic when lockup is detected, this is enabled +by using nmi_watchdog=panic parameter. It can be useful in combination with +panic=xxx kernel parameter, causing machine reboot when lockup is detected. + [ feel free to send bug reports, suggestions and patches to Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> or the Linux SMP mailing list at <[email protected]> ]