Subject: Re: Interpreting a corrected error.
To: Stephen M Jones <smj@cirr.com>
From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 10/22/2001 09:39:57
I'd open the system up and blow it clear of dust and reseat the memory boards.
Make sure the system is cooled well enough.

On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Stephen M Jones wrote:

> This morning I noticed the following.  Is this anything to
> really worry about?  (I understand its doing what its designed
> to do, if it occurs more than once in a blue moon I'm guessing
> that it could be from a hardware problem).
>
> kn300: CPU ID 0 system correctable error corrected by system
>     Machine Check Code 0x860000
>     Physical Address of Error 0xffffff0067453a7f
>     Corrected ECC Error in Memory during D-Cache fill
>         EI Status                 = 0xfffffff0c5ffffff
>         Fill Syndrome             = 0x0000000000002000
>         Interrupt Status Reg.     = 0x0000000100000000
>
>         Whami Reg.                = 0x0000000000000000
>         Sys. Env. Reg.            = 0x0000000000000000
>         MCPCIA Regs.              = 0x0000000000000000
>         PCI Rev. Reg.             = 0x0000000000000000
>         MC_ERR0 Reg.              = 0x0000000000000000
>         MC_ERR1 Reg.              = 0x0000000000000000
>         CAP_ERR Reg.              = 0x0000000000000000
>         MDPA_STAT Reg.            = 0x0000000000000000
>         MDPA_SYN Reg.             = 0x0000000000000000
>         MDPB_STAT Reg.            = 0x0000000000000000
>         MDPB_SYN Reg.             = 0x0000000000000000
>
>
> kn300: CPU ID 0 system correctable error corrected by system
>     Machine Check Code 0x2040000
>     Physical Address of Error 0x0
>     Other Errorin B-Cache during D-Cache fill
>         EI Status                 = 0x0000000000000000
>         Fill Syndrome             = 0x0000000000000000
>         Interrupt Status Reg.     = 0x0000000000000000
>
>         Whami Reg.                = 0x0000000000000000
>         Sys. Env. Reg.            = 0x0000000000000000
>         MCPCIA Regs.              = 0x000000f9e0000000
>         PCI Rev. Reg.             = 0x000000000600a032
>         MC_ERR0 Reg.              = 0x0000000067453a40
>         MC_ERR1 Reg.              = 0xffffffff800e8a00
>         CAP_ERR Reg.              = 0xffffffff90000000
>         MDPA_STAT Reg.            = 0x0000000000000000
>         MDPA_SYN Reg.             = 0x0000000000000000
>         MDPB_STAT Reg.            = 0x0000000000000000
>         MDPB_SYN Reg.             = 0x0000000000000000
>
>
> kn300: CPU ID 0 system correctable error corrected by system
>     Machine Check Code 0x2040000
>     Physical Address of Error 0x0
>     Other Errorin B-Cache during D-Cache fill
>         EI Status                 = 0x0000000000000000
>         Fill Syndrome             = 0x0000000000000000
>         Interrupt Status Reg.     = 0x0000000000000000
>
>         Whami Reg.                = 0x0000000000000000
>         Sys. Env. Reg.            = 0x0000000000000000
>         MCPCIA Regs.              = 0x000000fbe0000000
>         PCI Rev. Reg.             = 0x0000000006002032
>         MC_ERR0 Reg.              = 0x0000000067453a40
>         MC_ERR1 Reg.              = 0xffffffff800e8a00
>         CAP_ERR Reg.              = 0xffffffff90000000
>         MDPA_STAT Reg.            = 0x0000000000000000
>         MDPA_SYN Reg.             = 0x0000000000000000
>         MDPB_STAT Reg.            = 0x0000000000000000
>         MDPB_SYN Reg.             = 0x0000000000000000
>