From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262716AbTIQJsT (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2003 05:48:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262718AbTIQJsT (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2003 05:48:19 -0400 Received: from [203.124.210.99] ([203.124.210.99]:43982 "EHLO rocklines.oyeindia.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262716AbTIQJsR (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2003 05:48:17 -0400 From: "msrinath" To: "'Alan Cox'" Cc: "'Linux Kernel Mailing List'" Subject: RE: Kernel NMI error Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:21:33 +0530 Message-ID: <007c01c37d01$47622700$1d03000a@srinath> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <1063718716.10036.10.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> X-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Kaspersky: Found to be clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Thanks for the reply. This is the only time this has ever happened. How can I make out if it is a memory error? Is there any way by which I can test it? Thanks & Regards, - Srinath -----Original Message----- From: Alan Cox [mailto:alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk] Sent: 16 September 2003 18:55 To: msrinath Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Kernel NMI error On Maw, 2003-09-16 at 12:38, msrinath wrote: > Recently one of our servers running RedHat linux 7.2 with 2.4.7-10 SMP > kernel generated the following log and the system rebooted. This system has > 2 CPUs. Typically an NMI is a system error. That could be a memory error, it could be a freak power glitch if its only ever happened once. If you are using a 2.4.7 kernel you really should also update to the current errata kernel and other updates. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Kaspersky on bpl Server, and is believed to be clean. bpl www.kaspersky.com . -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Kaspersky on bpl Server, and is believed to be clean. bpl www.kaspersky.com .