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| author | David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com> | 2009-01-02 13:17:13 +0000 |
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| committer | David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com> | 2009-01-02 13:17:13 +0000 |
| commit | b21a207141d83a06abc5f492b80204602e02ca44 (patch) | |
| tree | f0152cde543008c72d7eb5c12c18095ad92785e6 /Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt | |
| parent | 3af373021fa32f8f787bfbdcc1a9277a287bde4e (diff) | |
| parent | b58602a4bac012b5f4fc12fe6b46ab237b610d5d (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into for-upstream
Conflicts:
drivers/uwb/wlp/eda.c
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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. |