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To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch] i386: halt the CPU on serious errors
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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Date: 21 Jun 2006 11:20:34 +0200
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Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> writes:

> Halt the CPU when serious errors are encountered and we
> deliberately go into an infinite loop.

You need to check first if the CPU supports halt. 

-Andi