On 2007.06.20 15:01:02 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > Once this is fixed (which is what Bjorn did), then I will agree with you. > > For this, the allocator needs to be able to probe the CPU and initialize > > its own data structures. > > Ok that sounds reasonable. Please someone send a patch that does only > that. OK, here come the bugfixes without any restructuring. The first patch enables unconditional probing of the watchdog. The second makes the perfmon nmi watchdog reserve the correct perfctr/evntsel. Björn - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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