Re: nmi_watchdog=2 regression in 2.6.21

Stephane Eranian
2007-08-28T09:12:49Z

Daniel,

On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 04:07:54PM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 15:55 -0700, Stephane Eranian wrote:
>
> > Yet the model name looks strange. So we need to run one more test,
> > as the fam/model is not enough. What we need to check is whether or
> > not this processor implements architectural perfmon or not.
> >
> > Could you please compile and run the attached program and send me
> > the output?
>
> The output below is all the output ..
>
> eax=0x7280201: version=1 num_cnt=2
>
Then you have a Core Duo processor and the commit from Bjorn should
fix the problem. If it does not, then there is something else wrong.
Unfortunately, I do not have a Core Duo machine to try and reproduce.

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-Stephane