[kernel] bug#38: NMI Oopser equivalent

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From: willy@ldl.fc.hp.com (Matthew Wilcox)

Package: Kernel
Version: 2.4.0
Severity: wishlist

Linux/i386 has this thing called an NMI oopser which causes an oops when
the kernel gets stuck somewhere.  Not quite sure how it works, but i think
we can probably use the Recovery Counter to implement it.

It has the advantage over TOC of being automatic and working on the 712.