Eric Lee / smarc-fsl-linux-kernel

26 Sep, 2006

2 commits

  • 248dcb2ff   [PATCH] x86: i386/x86-64 Add nmi watchdog support for new Intel CPUs ... Browse Code »

    AK: This redoes the changes I temporarily reverted.

    Intel now has support for Architectural Performance Monitoring Counters
    ( Refer to IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual
    http://www.intel.com/design/pentium4/manuals/253669.htm ). This
    feature is present starting from Intel Core Duo and Intel Core Solo processors.

    What this means is, the performance monitoring counters and some performance
    monitoring events are now defined in an architectural way (using cpuid).
    And there will be no need to check for family/model etc for these architectural
    events.

    Below is the patch to use this performance counters in nmi watchdog driver.
    Patch handles both i386 and x86-64 kernels.

    Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi
    Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen

    Venkatesh Pallipadi
     
  • b07f8915c   [PATCH] x86: Temporarily revert parts of the Core 2 nmi nmi watchdog support ... Browse Code »

    This makes merging easier. They are readded a few patches later.

    Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen

    Andi Kleen
     

27 Jun, 2006

1 commit

  • 0080e6675   [PATCH] x86_64: i386/x86-64 Add nmi watchdog support for new Intel CPUs ... Browse Code »

    Intel now has support for Architectural Performance Monitoring Counters
    ( Refer to IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual
    http://www.intel.com/design/pentium4/manuals/253669.htm ). This
    feature is present starting from Intel Core Duo and Intel Core Solo processors.

    What this means is, the performance monitoring counters and some performance
    monitoring events are now defined in an architectural way (using cpuid).
    And there will be no need to check for family/model etc for these architectural
    events.

    Below is the patch to use this performance counters in nmi watchdog driver.
    Patch handles both i386 and x86-64 kernels.

    Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi
    Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen
    Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

    Venkatesh Pallipadi