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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 12:10:55 -0300 (BRT)
From: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] bluesmoke/MCE support optional
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On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > +  ranging from a warning message on the console, to halting the machine.
> > > +  Your processor must be a Pentium or newer to support this - check the 
> > > +  flags in /proc/cpuinfo for mce.  Note that some older Pentium systems
> > > +  have a design flaw which leads to false MCE events - for these and
> > > +  old non-MCE processors (386, 486), say N.  Otherwise say Y.
> 
> Its not necessary to say N. 

> On a pentium box with the newer MCE setup code you must force MCE on.

And if you don't ? 

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