Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:33:58 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: dying hdd causing MCE and panic (libata) |
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> - Is it normal that a simple hard disk failure (that is not even > the system disk) causes MCEs and kernel panics?
No but with old style (pre AHCI) IDE it can because the system may MCE if the CPU<->Disk hangs. If a drive is causing PSU problems it could also occur I guess - ditto heat. You'd need to decode the MCE
> - Is this a problem that is induced completely on the hardware > level (eg. the southbridge going crazy and making the whole > hardware platform unstable) or a problem that could be fixed > or handled properly on the software (kernel) level?
An MCE the hardware can recover from is reported and we continue. CPU Context Corrupt means the processor internally set a "cannot carry on" indicator.
Alan
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