Re: Machine Check Exception !

Alan Cox
2005-12-31T01:03:13Z

On Maw, 2005-12-27 at 10:52 +0800, Legend W. wrote:
> parsebank(0): b20000001040080f @ 3
> External tag parity error
> CPU state corrupt. Restart not possible
> Error enabled in control register
> Error not corrected.
> Bus and interconnect error
> Participation: Local processor originated request
> Timeout: Request did not timeout
> Request: Generic error
> Transaction type : Invalid
> Memory/IO : Other
>
> Can anybody please enlighten me what this means or what a possible
> problem behind might be?

Executive summary - your hardware is broken. In this case its reporting
a parity error on external tag bits - presumably cache bits. "Contact
your system vendor for advice" as they say 8)