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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86_64/machinecheck | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/machinecheck b/Documentation/x86_64/machinecheck index 068a6d9904b9..feaeaf6f6e4d 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/machinecheck +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/machinecheck | |||
| @@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ between all CPUs. | |||
| 36 | 36 | ||
| 37 | check_interval | 37 | check_interval |
| 38 | How often to poll for corrected machine check errors, in seconds | 38 | How often to poll for corrected machine check errors, in seconds |
| 39 | (Note output is hexademical). Default 5 minutes. | 39 | (Note output is hexademical). Default 5 minutes. When the poller |
| 40 | finds MCEs it triggers an exponential speedup (poll more often) on | ||
| 41 | the polling interval. When the poller stops finding MCEs, it | ||
| 42 | triggers an exponential backoff (poll less often) on the polling | ||
| 43 | interval. The check_interval variable is both the initial and | ||
| 44 | maximum polling interval. | ||
| 40 | 45 | ||
| 41 | tolerant | 46 | tolerant |
| 42 | Tolerance level. When a machine check exception occurs for a non | 47 | Tolerance level. When a machine check exception occurs for a non |