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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-06-13 13:14:51 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-06-13 13:14:51 -0700 |
| commit | a2ee2981ae2a7046b10980feae9f4ab813877106 (patch) | |
| tree | ed75db7830b9ef1342659d36d2775954ce96b79f /Documentation/Changes | |
| parent | 7603ef03a22a33d36d3c75d7c1aca1f957671ad3 (diff) | |
| parent | 0d5959723e1db3fd7323c198a50c16cecf96c7a9 (diff) | |
| download | op-kernel-dev-a2ee2981ae2a7046b10980feae9f4ab813877106.zip op-kernel-dev-a2ee2981ae2a7046b10980feae9f4ab813877106.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'x86-mce-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-mce-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (80 commits)
x86, mce: Add boot options for corrected errors
x86, mce: Fix mce printing
x86, mce: fix for mce counters
x86, mce: support action-optional machine checks
x86, mce: define MCE_VECTOR
x86, mce: rename mce_notify_user to mce_notify_irq
x86: fix panic with interrupts off (needed for MCE)
x86, mce: export MCE severities coverage via debugfs
x86, mce: implement new status bits
x86, mce: print header/footer only once for multiple MCEs
x86, mce: default to panic timeout for machine checks
x86, mce: improve mce_get_rip
x86, mce: make non Monarch panic message "Fatal machine check" too
x86, mce: switch x86 machine check handler to Monarch election.
x86, mce: implement panic synchronization
x86, mce: implement bootstrapping for machine check wakeups
x86, mce: check early in exception handler if panic is needed
x86, mce: add table driven machine check grading
x86, mce: remove TSC print heuristic
x86, mce: log corrected errors when panicing
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/Changes')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes index b95082b..d21b3b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/Changes +++ b/Documentation/Changes @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ o procps 3.2.0 # ps --version o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version o udev 081 # udevinfo -V o grub 0.93 # grub --version +o mcelog 0.6 Kernel compilation ================== @@ -276,6 +277,16 @@ before running exportfs or mountd. It is recommended that all NFS services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where that is possible. +mcelog +------ + +In Linux 2.6.31+ the i386 kernel needs to run the mcelog utility +as a regular cronjob similar to the x86-64 kernel to process and log +machine check events when CONFIG_X86_NEW_MCE is enabled. Machine check +events are errors reported by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged. +All x86-64 kernels since 2.6.4 require the mcelog utility to +process machine checks. + Getting updated software ======================== @@ -365,6 +376,10 @@ FUSE ---- o <http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse> +mcelog +------ +o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/cpu/mce/mcelog/> + Networking ********** |
