x86, mce: document new 32bit mcelog requirement in Documentation/Changes

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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Andi Kleen 2009-04-28 23:37:02 +02:00 committed by H. Peter Anvin
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@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ o procps 3.2.0 # ps --version
o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version
o udev 081 # udevinfo -V o udev 081 # udevinfo -V
o grub 0.93 # grub --version o grub 0.93 # grub --version
o mcelog 0.6
Kernel compilation Kernel compilation
================== ==================
@ -276,6 +277,16 @@ before running exportfs or mountd. It is recommended that all NFS
services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where
that is possible. that is possible.
mcelog
------
In Linux 2.6.31+ the i386 kernel needs to run the mcelog utility
as a regular cronjob similar to the x86-64 kernel to process and log
machine check events when CONFIG_X86_NEW_MCE is enabled. Machine check
events are errors reported by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged.
All x86-64 kernels since 2.6.4 require the mcelog utility to
process machine checks.
Getting updated software Getting updated software
======================== ========================
@ -365,6 +376,10 @@ FUSE
---- ----
o <http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse> o <http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse>
mcelog
------
o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/cpu/mce/mcelog/>
Networking Networking
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