x86, nmi-watchdog: update procfs nmi_watchdog file documentation v2
Impact: improve documentation
This patch updates the /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog documentation.
Updated: included Randy Dunlap's corrections.
Signed-off-by: Aristeu Rozanski <aris@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
index 90aa453..bf9f80a 100644
--- a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@
On x86 nmi_watchdog is disabled by default so you have to enable it with
a boot time parameter.
+It's possible to disable the NMI watchdog in run-time by writing "0" to
+/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog. Writing "1" to the same file will re-enable
+the NMI watchdog. Notice that you still need to use "nmi_watchdog=" parameter
+at boot time.
+
NOTE: In kernels prior to 2.4.2-ac18 the NMI-oopser is enabled unconditionally
on x86 SMP boxes.