linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] machine check Oops on Alpha

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Date:	Tue, 19 Apr 2016 18:56:57 -0500
From:	Bob Tracy <rct@...rkin.frus.com>
To:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, debian-alpha@...ts.debian.org,
	mcree@...on.net.nz, jay.estabrook@...il.com, mattst88@...il.com
Subject: Re: [BUG] machine check Oops on Alpha

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 09:52:43PM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote:
> 4.6.0-rc4 build complete, including suggested (by Alan Young) "Verbose
> Machine Checks" option set to level 2 by default.  System rebooted, and
> now we wait...  Thanks for everyone's continued patience.

Within three minutes of rebooting, I got a machine check, but perhaps
significantly, no "Oops".  I'm guessing the only reason I'm seeing the
ECC errors now (haven't seen them before) is because of the stepped-up
debug output.  Syslog output attached...

Machine has been stable since the machine check.  Kernel is 4.6.0-rc4.

--Bob

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