Re: CPU error codes

2001-02-07 Thread Alan Cox
> Really? I thought it could be because of RAM. Here's the story: RAM talks to the chipset so I dont think it could (unless it confused the chipset) > CPU 1: Machine Check Exception: 0004 > Bank 4: b2040151<0>Kernel panic: CPU context corrupt Ok that decodes as: Stat

Re: CPU error codes

2001-02-06 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:Carlos Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Really? I thought it could be because of RAM. Here's the story: > > The kernel is 2.2.18pre24. > > I'm having VERY frequent of this (sometimes once a day, sometimes once > a we

Re: CPU error codes

2001-02-06 Thread Carlos Carvalho
Alan Cox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on 31 January 2001 15:23: >> > In the intel databook. Generally an MCE indicates hardware/power/cooling >> > issues >> >> Doesn't an MCE also cover some hardware memory problems - parity/ECC >> issues etc? > >Parity/ECC on main memory is reported by the c

Re: CPU error codes

2001-01-31 Thread Dan Hollis
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, James Sutherland wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > Parity/ECC on main memory is reported by the chipset and needs seperate > > drivers or apps to handle this > Yes - MCE only covers errors in the CPU's cache, IIRC? (Is there still an > NMI on main memory parity

Re: CPU error codes

2001-01-31 Thread James Sutherland
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > > In the intel databook. Generally an MCE indicates hardware/power/cooling > > > issues > > > > Doesn't an MCE also cover some hardware memory problems - parity/ECC > > issues etc? > > Parity/ECC on main memory is reported by the chipset and needs sepera

Re: CPU error codes

2001-01-31 Thread Alan Cox
> > In the intel databook. Generally an MCE indicates hardware/power/cooling > > issues > > Doesn't an MCE also cover some hardware memory problems - parity/ECC > issues etc? Parity/ECC on main memory is reported by the chipset and needs seperate drivers or apps to handle this - To unsubscribe f

Re: CPU error codes

2001-01-28 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:James Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > I was wondering if someone could tell me where I can find > > > Xeon Pentium III cpu error messages/codes > > > > In the intel data

Re: CPU error codes

2001-01-25 Thread James Sutherland
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > I was wondering if someone could tell me where I can find > > Xeon Pentium III cpu error messages/codes > > In the intel databook. Generally an MCE indicates hardware/power/cooling > issues Doesn't an MCE also cover some hardware memory problems - parity

Re: CPU error codes

2001-01-24 Thread Alan Cox
> I was wondering if someone could tell me where I can find > Xeon Pentium III cpu error messages/codes In the intel databook. Generally an MCE indicates hardware/power/cooling issues - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROT

CPU error codes

2001-01-24 Thread James Simmons
I was wondering if someone could tell me where I can find Xeon Pentium III cpu error messages/codes I have a machine that crashed with: kernel: CPU 3: Machine Check Exception: 0004 kernel: Bank 1: b2000175<0>Kernel panic: CPU context - To unsubscribe from this list: send th