Re: Enabling RDPMC in user space by default

Andi Kleen
2005-12-01T13:05:23Z

> I agree that the NMI watchdog is very important, but my main objection is
> trying to provide a stable interface for this, i would rather see a
> seperate tool do it (as cumbersome as it may be) even if it meant that
> the external tool simply did what you intend on doing in the kernel.

But why an external tool when the nmi watchdog needs this anyways?

-Andi