Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] bluesmoke/MCE support optional | Date | Fri, 1 Mar 2002 12:31:18 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > + ranging from a warning message on the console, to halting the machine. > > + Your processor must be a Pentium or newer to support this - check the > > + flags in /proc/cpuinfo for mce. Note that some older Pentium systems > > + have a design flaw which leads to false MCE events - for these and > > + old non-MCE processors (386, 486), say N. Otherwise say Y.
Its not necessary to say N. On a pentium box with the newer MCE setup code you must force MCE on. On non MCE capable CPU's we just dont set it up. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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