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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 01:37:28 +0100 (CET)
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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To: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.1-ac1 UP-APIC/NMI watchdog fixes
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On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Mikael Pettersson wrote:

> This patch (against 2.4.1-ac1) contains the following fixes:
> * UP-APIC linkage fix: nr_ioapics must be moved from io_apic.c to
>   mpparse.c to permit linking the kernel in pure UP-APIC configs.
> * NMI watchdog cleanups: mark setup_apic_nmi_watchdog() as __init,
>   fix the K7 init code to not leave any perfctr MSR uninitialised,
>   avoid having to check CPU type in NMI handler.
>   (Yes, the merged wrmsr(,,-1) is safe for P6.)

thanks Mikael! Did you have a chance to test this on a K7? Does
UP-APIC-NMI-watchdog code truly 'just work' now on the K7?

	Ingo

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