From: Vitaly Mayatskikh on
At Thu, 3 Jun 2010 17:13:47 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:

> > > NMI would be only needed if the crash kernel is completely
> > > hosed too.
> >
> > That's the case.
>
> You're saying it booted but is hosed after boot?
>
> That seems like a very obscure case. Is that really common?

As usual: for engineers, who have to deal with it - yes, it is common.

> > True. But as a last hope, when nothing else helps, it still may be
> > worth trying :)
>
> It will simply not work.

Why?
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wbr, Vitaly
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