[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86: Introduce CPU_INTERRUPT_NMI

[Andi Kleen]

>> Could you please add a monitor command to raise it too? Some OS support
>> triggering debugging code from NMIs and that might be useful
>> inside qemu too.
> 
> Will it be enough just the raise the NMI? 

Yes that's enough.

> Or doesn't you also have to
> modify some hardware state somewhere?

Not needed.

> Maybe you could provide an example
> for what you have in mind (it's trivial to hack such an extension, I'm
> just curious to understand its background).

Basically it would emulate an NMI button which can be found on some systems.

-Andi