Re: [2.3.99pre3] NMIs and Makefiles

From: Jens Axboe (axboe@suse.de)
Date: Fri Mar 24 2000 - 14:55:02 EST

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    On Fri, Mar 24 2000, Alex Buell wrote:
    > I'm getting a lot of NMI interrupts - didn't happen with 2.2.x kernels.
    >
    > tahallah[root]:/var/log # cat /proc/interrupts
    > CPU0 CPU1
    > 0: 22722 11028 IO-APIC-edge timer
    > 1: 1546 492 IO-APIC-edge keyboard
    > 2: 0 0 XT-PIC cascade
    > 8: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc
    > 12: 747 81 IO-APIC-edge PS/2 Mouse
    > 13: 1 0 XT-PIC fpu
    > 14: 1090 1240 IO-APIC-edge ide0
    > 15: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge ide1
    > NMI: 33720 33720
    > LOC: 33640 33338
    > ERR: 0
    >
    > Doesn't seem to be fatal though, but I remember getting this with the
    > early 2.1.x kernels before being fixed for 2.2.x.

    This is the nmi watchdog, if you boot with nmi_watchdog=0 then I get
    you won't be seeing any NMI interrupts. It's nice to have, though,
    just in case you do run into a hang. 

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*  Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
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