Today I applied the kdb-v1.8-2.4.7 patch to kernel 2.4.7, hoping to get
the kernel debugger and NMI watchdog working. The kernel debugger seems
to work fine, however I have run ito some trouble with the NMI watchdog.
On boot, the kernel does find and re-enable the APIC on my AMD
Thunderbird CPU. However, when I go to enable the nmi watchdog (echo
"1" > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog), I get the following message:
"set_nmi_watchdog failed -5, value not changed"
Is this a known problem? Has anyone besides myself experienced it?
Perhaps there's a technical reason why NMI watchdog can't be implement
on a Thunderbird. A cursory glance through the archives didn't show
anything similar, so I thought I'd bring this to your collective
attentions.
Please cc: me on replies
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-Steven
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
-- George Orwell
