Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759705AbXJLK0d (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:26:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751601AbXJLK0Y (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:26:24 -0400 Received: from ms-smtp-05.nyroc.rr.com ([24.24.2.59]:64619 "EHLO ms-smtp-05.nyroc.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750861AbXJLK0X (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:26:23 -0400 Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:26:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Steven Rostedt X-X-Sender: rostedt@gandalf.stny.rr.com To: John Sigler cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: NMI watchdog In-Reply-To: <470F3BE0.4050807@free.fr> Message-ID: References: <470F3BE0.4050807@free.fr> 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: 786 Lines: 29 -- On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, John Sigler wrote: > Hello, > > I'm experiencing a full system lockup. I'm using an out-of-tree driver > which I suspect is responsible. I'm trying to enable the NMI watchdog. > > # cat /proc/version > Linux version 2.6.22.1-rt9 (gcc version 3.4.6) #1 PREEMPT RT Tue Oct 9 > 12:25:47 CEST 2007 > > # cat /proc/cmdline > ro root=/dev/hdc1 console=ttyS0,57600n8 console=tty0 panic=3 apic=debug > nmi_watchdog=2 > I've noticed on some boxes that nmi_watchdog=2 does what you state. Try out nmi_watchdog=1. -- Steve - 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/