Re: [PATCH] Proposed NMI handling interface...

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Steven J. Hill wrote:

> I wanted to propose an NMI handling interface. I have attached
> the header file and patches to 'arch/mips/kernel/traps.c'. The
> user need only specify the offset address for the NMI vector
> code and then they can also specify their own desired NMI
> function. Comments?

 You should consider something like "#define nmi_user_handler ((void
(*)(struct pt_regs *))0)" for !CONFIG_NMI and possibly also a way to
return from the frontend gracefully if the backend says it's OK.

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