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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 5 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt index 61b611e9eeaf..b297c48389b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ Machine check to broadcast MCEs. mce=bootlog Enable logging of machine checks left over from booting. - Disabled by default on AMD because some BIOS leave bogus ones. + Disabled by default on AMD Fam10h and older 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. diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c index 3c54c2b9efc2..b58b77808ce4 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c @@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ static int __mcheck_cpu_apply_quirks(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) */ clear_bit(10, (unsigned long *)&mce_banks[4].ctl); } - if (c->x86 < 17 && cfg->bootlog < 0) { + if (c->x86 < 0x11 && cfg->bootlog < 0) { /* * Lots of broken BIOS around that don't clear them * by default and leave crap in there. Don't log: @@ -1832,7 +1832,8 @@ void mce_disable_bank(int bank) * mce=TOLERANCELEVEL[,monarchtimeout] (number, see above) * monarchtimeout is how long to wait for other CPUs on machine * check, or 0 to not wait - * mce=bootlog Log MCEs from before booting. Disabled by default on AMD. + * mce=bootlog Log MCEs from before booting. Disabled by default on AMD Fam10h + and older. * mce=nobootlog Don't log MCEs from before booting. * mce=bios_cmci_threshold Don't program the CMCI threshold * mce=recovery force enable memcpy_mcsafe() |