From 5b9a0e14eb4bf40a7cb780af4723560e06753f2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cyrill Gorcunov Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 18:06:51 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] x86: nmi - nmi_watchdog boot param docs cleanup Impact: documentation update 1) nmi_watchdog boot parameter is common to 32/64 bit modes. So move it from Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt and integrate with. 2) Also fix [panic] keyword placement -- it ought to be at first position otherwise it will not be recognized. 3) Document lapic and ioapic keywords. Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 15 ++++++++++++++- Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt | 11 ----------- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 343e0f0f84b6..6246220ac914 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1403,7 +1403,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file when a NMI is triggered. Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] - nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels + nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32,X86-64] Debugging features for SMP kernels + Format: [panic,][num] + Valid num: 0,1,2 + 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off + 1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog + 2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using + a performance counter. Note: This will use one performance + counter and the local APIC's performance vector. + When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs. + This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box + quickly up again. + Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following + symbolic names: lapic and ioapic + Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt index 72ffb5373ec7..bc8a339c1f27 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -79,17 +79,6 @@ Timing Report when timer interrupts are lost because some code turned off interrupts for too long. - nmi_watchdog=NUMBER[,panic] - NUMBER can be: - 0 don't use an NMI watchdog - 1 use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog - 2 use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using a performance counter. Note - This will use one performance counter and the local APIC's performance - vector. - When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs. - This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box - quickly up again. - nohpet Don't use the HPET timer.