From 4855170f9876c8b4a16f115f32cf6851bac1ffcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andi Kleen Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:44:48 +0100 Subject: [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 --- arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch') diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c index 281ad5f1f86a..b8f28ebdce26 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) -- cgit v1.2.3