On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 12:10 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [dropped stable@ since I'm not on it and > I suspect it may not accept non-member posts] > >> BTW, can someone knowledgeable tell me if watchdog better >> be firing SMI or NMI when it runs down? >> My bet is on NMI, but who knows. > > It may depend on whether you want the BIOS, or FreeBSD, handling > the interrupt. Unless you are running *very* old h/w, there's a > good chance the BIOS intercepts SMI, even with a protected-mode > OS running, and I wouldn't be surprised if the BIOS' response to > a watchdog timeout were an immediate reboot. It might be good > to check the motherboard and/or BIOS manuals.
Yeah. I just recently have embarked on an adventure of installing FreeBSD on my work T61 laptop, and while poking around the BIOS I discovered that NMI could be enabled or disabled, so I'd determine whether or not that feature is available, and see if it's turned on or off. Intel and/or the laptop vendor should be helpful in this pursuit. -Garrett _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
