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diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
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@@ -7,12 +7,36 @@ Machine check
Please see Documentation/x86/x86_64/machinecheck for sysfs runtime tunables.
- mce=off disable machine check
- mce=bootlog Enable logging of machine checks left over from booting.
- Disabled by default on AMD because some BIOS leave bogus ones.
- If your BIOS doesn't do that it's a good idea to enable though
- to make sure you log even machine check events that result
- in a reboot. On Intel systems it is enabled by default.
+ mce=off
+ Disable machine check
+ mce=no_cmci
+ Disable CMCI(Corrected Machine Check Interrupt) that
+ Intel processor supports. Usually this disablement is
+ not recommended, but it might be handy if your hardware
+ is misbehaving.
+ Note that you'll get more problems without CMCI than with
+ due to the shared banks, i.e. you might get duplicated
+ error logs.
+ mce=dont_log_ce
+ Don't make logs for corrected errors. All events reported
+ as corrected are silently cleared by OS.
+ This option will be useful if you have no interest in any
+ of corrected errors.
+ mce=ignore_ce
+ Disable features for corrected errors, e.g. polling timer
+ and CMCI. All events reported as corrected are not cleared
+ by OS and remained in its error banks.
+ Usually this disablement is not recommended, however if
+ there is an agent checking/clearing corrected errors
+ (e.g. BIOS or hardware monitoring applications), conflicting
+ with OS's error handling, and you cannot deactivate the agent,
+ then this option will be a help.
+ mce=bootlog
+ Enable logging of machine checks left over from booting.
+ Disabled by default on AMD because some BIOS leave bogus ones.
+ If your BIOS doesn't do that it's a good idea to enable though
+ to make sure you log even machine check events that result
+ in a reboot. On Intel systems it is enabled by default.
mce=nobootlog
Disable boot machine check logging.
mce=tolerancelevel[,monarchtimeout] (number,number)