Re: x86 32-bit machine check handler

2007-11-14 Thread Andi Kleen
> I found patch from about three years ago that implemented a 32-bit > version of the x86_64 machine check handler. Do you know of any newer > attempts? No. > However, given the merge of x86, a single implementation should be able > to handle both the 32-bit and 64-bit cases. I tried to build the

Re: x86 32-bit machine check handler

2007-11-14 Thread Max Asbock
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 15:15 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > Max Asbock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Now that the 32-bit and 64-bit x86 machine check handlers live next to > > each other a certain asymmetry in functionality is apparent. Notably, > > the 64-bit machine check handler implements a tim

Re: x86 32-bit machine check handler

2007-11-13 Thread Andi Kleen
Max Asbock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now that the 32-bit and 64-bit x86 machine check handlers live next to > each other a certain asymmetry in functionality is apparent. Notably, > the 64-bit machine check handler implements a timer that periodically > polls for silent machine check errors an

Re: x86 32-bit machine check handler

2007-11-12 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Max Asbock wrote: Now that the 32-bit and 64-bit x86 machine check handlers live next to each other a certain asymmetry in functionality is apparent. Notably, the 64-bit machine check handler implements a timer that periodically polls for silent machine check errors and makes them accessible to u