How to disable NMI watchdog?

[Reindl Harald]

Am 05.01.2013 01:24, schrieb Subhas Sing:
> Hello, I am trying to install vmware server in Fedora 16. I tried to disable NMI watchdog kernel parameter. Can
> anybody please let me know how do it ? I followed following procedure but without success!!
> 
>   $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog
> If you get a '1', then the feature is enabled  and must be turned off or VMs will mysteriously crash. To turn off 
> nmi_watchdog is different for Fedora 15 and Fedora 16:
> 
>   * [5] Fedora 15: Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and add “nmi_watchdog=0” to the kernel line.
>   * [5] Fedora 16: Edit /etc/default/grub and add “nmi_watchdog=0” to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX. Then run:
> 
> 
>     # grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg”
>     to rebuild the grub configuration.
> 
> Now, reboot the system and check the /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog parameter again to make sure you see a '0'.
> 
> http://communities.vmware.com/message/1891427 

you have quoted the answer to your question
what is your problem?

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