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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>
Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Brendan Trotter" <btrotter@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: NMI problems with Dell SMP Xeons
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 10:01:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200606071001.40933.ak@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8446.1149666227@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com>


>
> Two ways:
>
> (1) Boot with a kernel with CONFIG_ACPI=n, so the OS only finds 2 cpus
>     in the MPT instead of the 4 listed by ACPI.
>
> (2) The kernel has ACPI=y, but is booted with maxcpus=2.
>
> In both cases, send_IPI_allbutself() with IPI 2 or an NMI will result
> in a hard reset.

Sounds both like a "Don't do that when it hurts" . I know some people
have religious issues with ACPI, but it's simple a fact that many
modern boxes don't work correctly in obvious or subtle ways without it. 

-Andi

  reply	other threads:[~2006-06-07  8:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-22  9:08 NMI problems with Dell SMP Xeons Keith Owens
2006-05-22 23:56 ` Andi Kleen
2006-05-23  1:26   ` Keith Owens
2006-05-23  1:55     ` Andi Kleen
2006-05-23  2:02       ` Keith Owens
2006-05-23  2:21         ` Keith Owens
2006-05-23  5:03 ` Keith Owens
2006-06-07  4:49   ` Keith Owens
2006-06-07  7:20     ` Andi Kleen
2006-06-07  7:43       ` Keith Owens
2006-06-07  8:01         ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2006-06-07 11:47           ` Keith Owens
2006-06-07 12:13             ` Andi Kleen
2006-06-07 15:18         ` Brendan Trotter
2006-06-07 15:23           ` Andi Kleen
2006-06-07 18:47           ` Rajesh Shah
2006-06-08  0:41             ` Rajesh Shah
2006-06-08  0:46           ` Rajesh Shah
2006-06-08  5:11           ` Keith Owens

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