What is an NMI and what can I use it for?
Issue
- Often, the term NMI is used when dealing with system hangs and crashes, what does this term mean and how can we configure the kernel to make use of them?
- What is an NMI?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 3 and later
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