From: Andi Kleen Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:44:48 +0000 (+0100) Subject: [PATCH] x86_64: Make it clear in machine checks that it's an hardware problem X-Git-Tag: v2.6.16-rc1~332 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4855170f9876c8b4a16f115f32cf6851bac1ffcc;p=linux-2.6 [PATCH] x86_64: Make it clear in machine checks that it's an hardware problem Hopefully the users will take the hint. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c index 281ad5f1f8..b8f28ebdce 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c +++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c @@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ void mce_log(struct mce *mce) static void print_mce(struct mce *m) { printk(KERN_EMERG "\n" + KERN_EMERG "HARDWARE ERROR\n" KERN_EMERG "CPU %d: Machine Check Exception: %16Lx Bank %d: %016Lx\n", m->cpu, m->mcgstatus, m->bank, m->status); @@ -110,6 +111,9 @@ static void print_mce(struct mce *m) if (m->misc) printk("MISC %Lx ", m->misc); printk("\n"); + printk(KERN_EMERG "This is not a software problem!\n"); + printk(KERN_EMERG + "Run through mcelog --ascii to decode and contact your hardware vendor\n"); } static void mce_panic(char *msg, struct mce *backup, unsigned long start)