Make it clear in machine checks that it's an hardware problem Hopefully the users will take the hint. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c +++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c @@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ void mce_log(struct mce *mce) static void print_mce(struct mce *m) { printk(KERN_EMERG "\n" + KERN_EMERG "HARDWARE ERROR\n" KERN_EMERG "CPU %d: Machine Check Exception: %16Lx Bank %d: %016Lx\n", m->cpu, m->mcgstatus, m->bank, m->status); @@ -109,6 +110,9 @@ static void print_mce(struct mce *m) if (m->misc) printk("MISC %Lx ", m->misc); printk("\n"); + printk(KERN_EMERG "This is not a software problem!\n"); + printk(KERN_EMERG + "Run through mcelog --ascii to decode and contact your hardware vendor\n"); } static void mce_panic(char *msg, struct mce *backup, unsigned long start)