Re: [PATCH] perfctr: don't use CCCR_OVF_PMI1 on Pentium 4Ds

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Aug 15 2008 - 07:59:48 EST



* Aristeu Rozanski <arozansk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Currently, setup_p4_watchdog() use CCCR_OVF_PMI1 to enable the counter
> overflow interrupts to the second logical core. But this bit doesn't
> work on Pentium 4 Ds (model 4, stepping 4) and this patch avoids its
> use on these processors. [...]

btw., what was the effect - an oops on bootup, or a non-working
watchdog?

> [...] Tested on 4 different machines that have this specific model
> with success.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aristeu Rozanski <aris@xxxxxxxxxx>

applied to tip/x86/urgent - thanks Aristeu.

Ingo
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