Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764166AbYCDPHR (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:07:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757828AbYCDPHD (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:07:03 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:1894 "EHLO spitz.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756863AbYCDPHB (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:07:01 -0500 Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:06:51 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Jiri Kosina Cc: Diego Woitasen , tglx@linutronix.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: BUG: High resolution timer/dynticks bug Message-ID: <20080304150651.GB5310@ucw.cz> References: <20080303010753.GB3512@motherbox.xtech.com.ar> <20080304110900.GA23227@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 799 Lines: 21 On Tue 2008-03-04 12:14:38, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > Just turn off NMI watchdog? Pulling the power cable causes the SMM trap, > > which takes _long_ to execute, potentially tickling NMI watchdog? > > By _long_ you mean leaving the system for 5 seconds with irqs disabled? Well, I've seen >500msec. 5sec is a bit much, but... BIOS writers are crazy, right? Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- 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/