Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261294AbTEYDdV (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 May 2003 23:33:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261300AbTEYDdV (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 May 2003 23:33:21 -0400 Received: from modemcable204.207-203-24.mtl.mc.videotron.ca ([24.203.207.204]:29571 "EHLO montezuma.mastecende.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261294AbTEYDdU (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 May 2003 23:33:20 -0400 Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 23:36:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Zwane Mwaikambo X-X-Sender: zwane@montezuma.mastecende.com To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [RFC] Fix NMI watchdog documentation In-Reply-To: <200305250329.h4P3TGoH004620@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Message-ID: References: <3ECFC2D6.2020007@gmx.net> <200305250329.h4P3TGoH004620@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 633 Lines: 19 On Sat, 24 May 2003 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > but 'dmesg' on my Dell Latitude C840 laptop tells me: > > Dell Latitude with broken BIOS detected. Refusing to enable the local APIC. > > Is this nmi_watchdog="forget about it dave" time, or is there some way to > get this to work? It's known broken with that configuration and hence blacklisted. Zwane -- function.linuxpower.ca - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/