From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263945AbTFPPHx (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:07:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263990AbTFPPHx (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:07:53 -0400 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:55565 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263945AbTFPPHw (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:07:52 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:21:45 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: mikpe@csd.uu.se Cc: ak@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.5.71] fix x86-64 nmi.c oops on Simics Message-ID: <20030616152145.GF26583@wotan.suse.de> References: <16109.56898.422086.822671@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <16109.56898.422086.822671@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 05:12:02PM +0200, mikpe@csd.uu.se wrote: > Andi, > > In 2.5, x86-64's nmi.c will semi-enable the local APIC NMI watchdog > on Simics, which leads to a kernel oops if disable_lapic_nmi_watchdog() > is called. The reason is: Thanks. I used to test for Simics explicitely by checking the cpuid name for "ScrewDriver" in other places. I think I will do this here too. -Andi