Re: Machine Check Exception !

[Alan Cox]

On Maw, 2005-12-27 at 10:52 +0800, Legend W. wrote:
> parsebank(0): b20000001040080f @ 3
>         External tag parity error
>         CPU state corrupt. Restart not possible
>         Error enabled in control register
>         Error not corrected.
>         Bus and interconnect error
>         Participation: Local processor originated request
>         Timeout: Request did not timeout
>         Request: Generic error
>         Transaction type : Invalid
>         Memory/IO : Other
> 
> Can anybody please enlighten me what this means or what a possible
> problem behind might be?

Executive summary - your hardware is broken. In this case its reporting
a parity error on external tag bits - presumably cache bits. "Contact
your system vendor for advice" as they say 8)

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