From a1bae67243512ca30ceda48e3e24e25b543f8ab7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andi Kleen Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 18:37:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] i386: Disable nmi watchdog on all ThinkPads Even newer Thinkpads have bugs in SMM code that causes hangs with NMI watchdog. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen --- arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/i386') diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c index 3e8e3adb048..eaafe233a5d 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c @@ -219,11 +219,11 @@ static int __init check_nmi_watchdog(void) int cpu; /* Enable NMI watchdog for newer systems. - Actually it should be safe for most systems before 2004 too except - for some IBM systems that corrupt registers when NMI happens - during SMM. Unfortunately we don't have more exact information - on these and use this coarse check. */ - if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT && dmi_get_year(DMI_BIOS_DATE) >= 2004) + Probably safe on most older systems too, but let's be careful. + IBM ThinkPads use INT10 inside SMM and that allows early NMI inside SMM + which hangs the system. Disable watchdog for all thinkpads */ + if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT && dmi_get_year(DMI_BIOS_DATE) >= 2004 && + !dmi_name_in_vendors("ThinkPad")) nmi_watchdog = NMI_LOCAL_APIC; if ((nmi_watchdog == NMI_NONE) || (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT)) -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2