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Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 16:48:51 -0700
From: Mike Mason <mmlnx@us.ibm.com>
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Subject: nmi_watchdog default setting on i386 and x86_64
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Does anybody know the reasoning behind having nmi_watchdog turned off by 
default on i386 and on by default on x86_64.  I've heard that i386 had 
problems with false positives in the past, but that local apic watchdog 
may make that concern obsolete.

Regards,
Mike Mason