Re: [patch] serial console vs NMI watchdog

[Andrew Morton]

Keith Owens wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 08:53:40 +0100 (CET),
> Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >it sure has an alternative. The 'cpus spinning' code calls touch_nmi()
> >within the busy loop, the polling code on the control CPU too. This is
> >sure more robust and catches lockup bugs in kdb too ...
> 
> Works for me.  It even makes kdb simpler.

humm...

OK, this seems doable in the case of serial console.
For CONFIG_LP_CONSOLE (which has the same problem) it
looks like we can just call touch_nmi() in lp_console_write().

I'll see what Tim has to say.

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