[PATCH] x86_64: Log machine checks from boot on Intel systems

The logging for boot errors was turned off because it was broken
on some AMD systems. But give Intel EM64T systems a chance because they are
supposed to be correct there.

The advantage is that there is a chance to actually log uncorrected
machine checks after the reset.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
index a83139692cdf..aaabb5883ab8 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ Machine check
 
    mce=off disable machine check
    mce=bootlog Enable logging of machine checks left over from booting.
-               Disabled by default because some BIOS leave bogus ones.
+               Disabled by default on AMD because some BIOS leave bogus ones.
                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.
+               in a reboot. On Intel systems it is enabled by default.
+   mce=nobootlog
+                Disable boot machine check logging.
    mce=tolerancelevel (number)
                 0: always panic, 1: panic if deadlock possible,
                 2: try to avoid panic, 3: never panic or exit (for testing)