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Date: Fri Jul 28 12:50:52 2000
Orig file: v2.4.0-test5/linux/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
Orig date: Sat Oct 9 11:47:50 1999


diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.4.0-test5/linux/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt linux/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 'watchdog NMI interrupts'. (NMI: Non Maskable Interrupt - these get
 executed even if the system is otherwise locked up hard) This can be
 used to debug hard kernel lockups. By executing periodic NMI interrupts,
-the kernel can monitor wether any CPU has locked up, and print out
+the kernel can monitor whether any CPU has locked up, and print out
 debugging messages if so.  You can enable/disable the NMI watchdog at boot
 time with the 'nmi_watchdog=1' boot parameter. Eg. the relevant
 lilo.conf entry:

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