Re: Why is double_fault serviced by a trap gate?

[Andi Kleen]

On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 05:55:07PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
>  The NMI should be left alone, though, I think as we want it to be fast
> for the NMI watchdog.  Task gates are not necessarily fast (depending on
> how you define "fast").

How often does the NMI watchdog handler run ? 


-Andi

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