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authorAndi Kleen <ak@suse.de>2005-09-12 18:49:24 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2005-09-12 10:49:57 -0700
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[PATCH] x86-64: Add command line option to set machine check tolerance level
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ Machine check
                If your BIOS doesn't do that it's a good idea to enable though
                to make sure you log even machine check events that result
                in a reboot.
+   mce=tolerancelevel (number)
+		0: always panic, 1: panic if deadlock possible,
+		2: try to avoid panic, 3: never panic or exit (for testing)
+		default is 1
+		Can be also set using sysfs which is preferable.
 
    nomce (for compatibility with i386): same as mce=off