From 8ce5e3e45e01ffab38a9f03900181132b9068543 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Torvalds Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:50:48 -0700 Subject: Disable NMI watchdog by default properly This reverts commit 6ebf622b2577c50b1f496bd6a5e8739e55ae7b1c and replaces it with one that actually works. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c | 8 -------- 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c') diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c index 821df34..1470242 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c @@ -245,14 +245,6 @@ static int __init check_nmi_watchdog(void) unsigned int *prev_nmi_count; int cpu; - /* Enable NMI watchdog for newer systems. - Probably safe on most older systems too, but let's be careful. - IBM ThinkPads use INT10 inside SMM and that allows early NMI inside SMM - which hangs the system. Disable watchdog for all thinkpads */ - if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT && dmi_get_year(DMI_BIOS_DATE) >= 2004 && - !dmi_name_in_vendors("ThinkPad")) - nmi_watchdog = NMI_LOCAL_APIC; - if ((nmi_watchdog == NMI_NONE) || (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT)) return 0; -- cgit v1.1