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From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@domain.hid>
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Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] NMI watchdog: Loading of xeno_native leads to
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To: "M. Koehrer" <mathias_koehrer@domain.hid>
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M. Koehrer wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Before digging deeper into the issue I have mailed yesterday (see below), I have to solve and
> to understand the NMI watchdog feature.
> I have enabled the NMI watchdog in the kernel configuration and set the time value to 100 now (100us).
> Also, I passed the nmi_watchdog=1 kernel parameter to GRUB.
> In dmesg's output I see the line:
> Testing NMI watchdog ... OK.
>  
> The Xenomai functionality is compiled as modules (as far as it is possible).
> 
> Now, I do a 
> modprobe xeno_nucleus
> This looks fine.
> 
> Now, I do a 
> modprobe xeno_native
> to load the native skin (I need it for my application to run).
> Then the PC reboots directly.
> This means I have no chance to  start my application as the PC reboots before
> I can start it...
> 
> I have the impression that some important thing is missing in my test.
> The xeno timer is not started after modprobe xenu_nucleus
> The contents of /proc/timer is:
> status=off:setup=120:tickval=0:jiffies=0
> 
> Could this be a reason for the behaviour?

That's normal, it is started on loading the first skin.

> Can I start the timer before loading xeno_native to avoid the NMIs?

Nope, the NMI must work as you tried to use it. I have basically the
same setup here (all modular, NMI on by default), but even with latest
kernel/ipipe everything is fine.

Could you post your .config to compare details? Also the output of
/proc/interrupts over .19 would be interesting.

Jan