kernel MCA messages

Andriy Gapon avg at icyb.net.ua
Wed Aug 25 15:02:43 UTC 2010


on 25/08/2010 15:23 John Baldwin said the following:
> That is because machine checks for corrected errors have to be polled and the 
> kernel polls once an hour.  On newer Intel CPUs (such as Nehalem) there is a 
> separate interrupt (CMCI) that can fire for corrected errors.

I think that on AMD it's possible to configure an interrupt for Bank 4 events as
well (perhaps other banks too), but I need to refresh my memory of BKDG.

-- 
Andriy Gapon


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