mcelog enhancement update

Advisory:	RHEA-2007:0230-2
Type:	Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2007-05-01
Last updated on:	2007-05-01
Affected Products:	Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

Updated mcelog packages that add support for ECC error detection on
newer AMD systems are now available.

The mcelog packages contain a utility that enables Machine Check Exceptions
generated by modern processors to be logged and handled.

ECC memory errors occur from time to time, caused by random beta
radiation or by deterioration of DRAM components. Setting an MCE
threshold allows a system administrator to distinguish between harmless
beta radiation and a real life failing DRAM DIMM. The new AMD
Deerhound/Greyhound processors available in 2007 require the support
present in these updated packages to access this functionality.

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated mcelog packages, which add
this enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
mcelog-0.4-1.13.EL.src.rpm	`b04df06753548b5ea31ebe113da9a389`

x86_64:
mcelog-0.4-1.13.EL.x86_64.rpm	`30a1b9a76befb2cf8cf095c9aaba8b78`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
mcelog-0.4-1.13.EL.src.rpm	`b04df06753548b5ea31ebe113da9a389`

x86_64:
mcelog-0.4-1.13.EL.x86_64.rpm	`30a1b9a76befb2cf8cf095c9aaba8b78`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
mcelog-0.4-1.13.EL.src.rpm	`b04df06753548b5ea31ebe113da9a389`

x86_64:
mcelog-0.4-1.13.EL.x86_64.rpm	`30a1b9a76befb2cf8cf095c9aaba8b78`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
mcelog-0.4-1.13.EL.src.rpm	`b04df06753548b5ea31ebe113da9a389`

x86_64:
mcelog-0.4-1.13.EL.x86_64.rpm	`30a1b9a76befb2cf8cf095c9aaba8b78`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Keywords

Deerhound,, MCE

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