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Kernel warning



On 04/02/2010 11:50 AM, Derek Martin wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 07:53:41AM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>  =20
>> I'm seeing the following in my nightly logs:
>>
>> amd64_edac: probe of 0000:00:18.2 failed with error -22 ...:  1 Time(s=
)
>>
>> Just curious if I should be concerned
>>    =20
> I don't think so.  This module appears to manage error detection and
> correction hardware on some AMD processors.  This error seems to
> indicate that either you don't have the hardware, or you don't have
> ECC enabled in your BIOS.  However, a quick google search suggests
> that this code has been quite buggy recently, so if you do have the
> hardware and ECC is turned on, you may need to upgrade.
>
>  =20
Thanks Derek. I think I do have ECC turned on.

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