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x86, mce: document new 32bit mcelog requirement in Documentation/Changes
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ o procps 3.2.0 # ps --version
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o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version
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o udev 081 # udevinfo -V
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o grub 0.93 # grub --version
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o mcelog 0.6
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Kernel compilation
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services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where
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mcelog
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In Linux 2.6.31+ the i386 kernel needs to run the mcelog utility
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as a regular cronjob similar to the x86-64 kernel to process and log
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machine check events when CONFIG_X86_NEW_MCE is enabled. Machine check
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events are errors reported by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged.
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All x86-64 kernels since 2.6.4 require the mcelog utility to
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process machine checks.
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Getting updated software
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o <http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse>
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mcelog
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o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/cpu/mce/mcelog/>
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Networking
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