Re: [PATCH] bluesmoke/MCE support optional

[Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 10:01:46AM -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> 
> Meant to do this a while ago.  Could do it via adding "nosmoke.c"  :-)
> (similar to fs/noquot.c) instead of #ifdef in bluesmoke.c, if somebody
> had a strong preference one way or the other.
> 
> Patch is against 2.4.18, complete with Aunt Tillie(tm) help text, etc.
> 
> Paul.
> 
> 
> --- Documentation/Configure.help~	Sat Feb  2 06:50:31 2002
> +++ Documentation/Configure.help	Thu Feb 28 09:01:28 2002
> @@ -17450,6 +17450,17 @@
>    The module is called shwdt.o. If you want to compile it as a module,
>    say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
>  	      
> +Machine Check Exception
> +CONFIG_X86_MCE
> +  Machine Check Exception support allows the processor to notify the
> +  kernel if it detects a problem (e.g. overheating, component failure).
> +  The action the kernel takes depends on the severity of the problem, 
> +  ranging from a warning message on the console, to halting the machine.
> +  Your processor must be a Pentium or newer to support this - check the 
> +  flags in /proc/cpuinfo for mce.  Note that some older Pentium systems
> +  have a design flaw which leads to false MCE events - for these and
> +  old non-MCE processors (386, 486), say N.  Otherwise say Y.
> +

This should be tied to the processor type options...