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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:04:29 +0200
From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To: Felix von Leitner <felix-linuxkernel@...e.de>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: MCEs
Felix von Leitner <felix-linuxkernel@...e.de> writes:
> This is the kind of MCE that freezes the box and causes a panic. The
> trace does not end up in syslog. I found a program called mcelog which
> I am supposed to call regularly from cron, but how can that help me when
> the first MCE I get insta-panics the box?
When you do a warm boot (not power cycle, but reset button or
panic=30) then the panic mce will be logged after reboot.
> Now the most common causes for MCEs are apparently heat issues and bad
> memory. I can rule out both. Could this be an artifact of some bad
> ACPI tables?
>
> How do you debug this kind of problem?
It's some sort of hardware problem, debugging it typically
either involves fixing the cooling or exchanging components.
-Andi
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