From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Dan Aloni <da-x@monatomic.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Remove useless KDB vector
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:18:52 +0100
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On Monday 23 January 2006 14:55, Dan Aloni wrote:
> > It was set as an NMI, but the NMI bit always forces an interrupt
> > to end up at vector 2. So it was never used. Remove.
> 
> So with this function removed, what is the proper fix for using 
> the kdb x86_64 patch (forward-ported from 2.6.14) on 2.6.16-rc1?
> Can I expect it to work properly if I just remove the function 
> call?

Add this code snippet to arch/x86_64/kdb/kdbasupport.c

#include <asm/mach_apic.h>
#include <asm/hw_irq.h>
void smp_kdb_stop(void)
{
       send_IPI_allbutself(NMI_VECTOR);
}


-Andi
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