Re: Request for MCE decode (AMD Barcelona, fam 10h)

[Pavel Machek]

On Mon 2008-09-08 12:55:40, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Tony Vroon <tony@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Please contact your hardware vendor
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> > I realize that the linux kernel may be entirely blameless in this
> > situation,
> 
> It is, like mcelog told you.

Ugh, actually this is not right. AFAIK MCEs can be triggered by stuff
like PCI aborts, which in turn can be caused by software.

If you really want me to contact hw vendor, you need to be a lot more
specific.
								Pavel

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