* [PATCH] x86: nmi - document lapic and ioapic parameters
@ 2008-10-31 19:23 Cyrill Gorcunov
2008-10-31 19:28 ` Aristeu Rozanski
2008-10-31 21:22 ` Yinghai Lu
0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Cyrill Gorcunov @ 2008-10-31 19:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ingo Molnar, Maciej W. Rozycki, Aristeu Rozanski
Cc: H. Peter Anvin, LKML, Thomas Gleixner
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
---
On top of -tip dda51106620c328b50007c259b9ef8cea2b7c3d2
Index: linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.git.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-10-27 21:35:08.000000000 +0300
+++ linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-10-31 22:21:59.000000000 +0300
@@ -1404,6 +1404,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
+ Format: [panic,][num]
+ Valid num: 0,1,2
+ 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
+ 1 - use IO-APIC
+ 2 - use local APIC
+ Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
+ symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
+ Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
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* Re: [PATCH] x86: nmi - document lapic and ioapic parameters
2008-10-31 19:23 [PATCH] x86: nmi - document lapic and ioapic parameters Cyrill Gorcunov
@ 2008-10-31 19:28 ` Aristeu Rozanski
2008-10-31 21:22 ` Yinghai Lu
1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Aristeu Rozanski @ 2008-10-31 19:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cyrill Gorcunov
Cc: Ingo Molnar, Maciej W. Rozycki, H. Peter Anvin, LKML,
Thomas Gleixner
> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
> ---
>
> On top of -tip dda51106620c328b50007c259b9ef8cea2b7c3d2
>
> Index: linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.git.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-10-27 21:35:08.000000000 +0300
> +++ linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-10-31 22:21:59.000000000 +0300
> @@ -1404,6 +1404,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
> Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
>
> nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
> + Format: [panic,][num]
> + Valid num: 0,1,2
> + 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
> + 1 - use IO-APIC
> + 2 - use local APIC
> + Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
> + symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
> + Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
>
> no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
> emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
Acked-by: Aristeu Rozanski <aris@ruivo.org>
--
Aristeu
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* Re: [PATCH] x86: nmi - document lapic and ioapic parameters
2008-10-31 19:23 [PATCH] x86: nmi - document lapic and ioapic parameters Cyrill Gorcunov
2008-10-31 19:28 ` Aristeu Rozanski
@ 2008-10-31 21:22 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-10-31 21:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Yinghai Lu @ 2008-10-31 21:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cyrill Gorcunov
Cc: Ingo Molnar, Maciej W. Rozycki, Aristeu Rozanski, H. Peter Anvin,
LKML, Thomas Gleixner
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
> ---
>
> On top of -tip dda51106620c328b50007c259b9ef8cea2b7c3d2
>
> Index: linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.git.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-10-27 21:35:08.000000000 +0300
> +++ linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-10-31 22:21:59.000000000 +0300
> @@ -1404,6 +1404,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
> Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
>
> nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
> + Format: [panic,][num]
> + Valid num: 0,1,2
> + 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
> + 1 - use IO-APIC
> + 2 - use local APIC
> + Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
> + symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
> + Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
>
> no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
> emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
> --
please update
Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
too.
YH
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* Re: [PATCH] x86: nmi - document lapic and ioapic parameters
2008-10-31 21:22 ` Yinghai Lu
@ 2008-10-31 21:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-10-31 21:41 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-11-01 6:09 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2008-10-31 21:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Yinghai Lu
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov, Ingo Molnar, Maciej W. Rozycki, Aristeu Rozanski,
LKML, Thomas Gleixner
Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>
>> On top of -tip dda51106620c328b50007c259b9ef8cea2b7c3d2
>>
>> Index: linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>> ===================================================================
>> --- linux-2.6.git.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-10-27 21:35:08.000000000 +0300
>> +++ linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-10-31 22:21:59.000000000 +0300
>> @@ -1404,6 +1404,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
>> Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
>>
>> nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
>> + Format: [panic,][num]
>> + Valid num: 0,1,2
>> + 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
>> + 1 - use IO-APIC
>> + 2 - use local APIC
>> + Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
>> + symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
>> + Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
>>
>> no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
>> emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
>> --
>
> please update
>
> Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
>
If it's in x86-64, it's not =X86-32, so something is fishy. The
x86_64/boot-options.txt file really should be merged into
kernel-parameters.txt.
-hpa
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* Re: [PATCH] x86: nmi - document lapic and ioapic parameters
2008-10-31 21:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
@ 2008-10-31 21:41 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-11-01 5:56 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2008-11-01 6:09 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Yinghai Lu @ 2008-10-31 21:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: H. Peter Anvin
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov, Ingo Molnar, Maciej W. Rozycki, Aristeu Rozanski,
LKML, Thomas Gleixner
H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> On top of -tip dda51106620c328b50007c259b9ef8cea2b7c3d2
>>>
>>> Index: linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>>> ===================================================================
>>> --- linux-2.6.git.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-10-27 21:35:08.000000000 +0300
>>> +++ linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-10-31 22:21:59.000000000 +0300
>>> @@ -1404,6 +1404,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
>>> Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
>>>
>>> nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
>>> + Format: [panic,][num]
>>> + Valid num: 0,1,2
>>> + 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
>>> + 1 - use IO-APIC
>>> + 2 - use local APIC
>>> + Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
>>> + symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
>>> + Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
>>>
>>> no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
>>> emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
>>> --
>> please update
>>
>> Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
>>
>
> If it's in x86-64, it's not =X86-32, so something is fishy. The
> x86_64/boot-options.txt file really should be merged into
> kernel-parameters.txt.
should have all command line etc in source code .c, and use some tools to extract them to keep them consistent.
YH
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* Re: [PATCH] x86: nmi - document lapic and ioapic parameters
2008-10-31 21:41 ` Yinghai Lu
@ 2008-11-01 5:56 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Cyrill Gorcunov @ 2008-11-01 5:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Yinghai Lu
Cc: H. Peter Anvin, Ingo Molnar, Maciej W. Rozycki, Aristeu Rozanski,
LKML, Thomas Gleixner
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> On top of -tip dda51106620c328b50007c259b9ef8cea2b7c3d2
>>>>
>>>> Index: linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>>>> ===================================================================
>>>> --- linux-2.6.git.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-10-27 21:35:08.000000000 +0300
>>>> +++ linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-10-31 22:21:59.000000000 +0300
>>>> @@ -1404,6 +1404,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
>>>> Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
>>>>
>>>> nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
>>>> + Format: [panic,][num]
>>>> + Valid num: 0,1,2
>>>> + 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
>>>> + 1 - use IO-APIC
>>>> + 2 - use local APIC
>>>> + Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
>>>> + symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
>>>> + Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
>>>>
>>>> no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
>>>> emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
>>>> --
>>> please update
>>>
>>> Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
>>>
>>
>> If it's in x86-64, it's not =X86-32, so something is fishy. The
>> x86_64/boot-options.txt file really should be merged into
>> kernel-parameters.txt.
>
> should have all command line etc in source code .c, and use some tools to extract them to keep them consistent.
>
> YH
>
>
Will update boot-options.txt by a separate patch later. Thanks!
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* Re: [PATCH] x86: nmi - document lapic and ioapic parameters
2008-10-31 21:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-10-31 21:41 ` Yinghai Lu
@ 2008-11-01 6:09 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Cyrill Gorcunov @ 2008-11-01 6:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: H. Peter Anvin
Cc: Yinghai Lu, Ingo Molnar, Maciej W. Rozycki, Aristeu Rozanski,
LKML, Thomas Gleixner
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:39 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
...
>
> If it's in x86-64, it's not =X86-32, so something is fishy. The
> x86_64/boot-options.txt file really should be merged into
> kernel-parameters.txt.
>
> -hpa
>
>
Will fix it too (ie remove this x86-32 marker). Thanks!
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