On 9/19/05, viswanathan sankararam <kernvis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Does the linux kernel support x86 machine check architecture for. > Specifically (Pentium III architecture). If it does how does it handle it > and where can I find what it does when it gets a machine check exception. > I would appreciate it if any one can answer. > Yes, x86 Kernel supports MCE .... For enabling it you have to select CONFIG_X86_MCE in Kernel Configuration options when compiling .... The code for MCE can be found in : arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c And you can grep for the symbol in CONFIG_X86_MCE to get the code defined for MCE in other kernel code/files ......... -- Fawad Lateef -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
