Description of problem: On every boot mcelog prints errors to syslog. /dev/mcelog is empty. $ systemctl status mcelog.service -l ● mcelog.service - Machine Check Exception Logging Daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mcelog.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Do 2015-09-03 16:46:12 CEST; 17min ago Process: 1131 ExecStartPre=/etc/mcelog/mcelog.setup (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 1159 (mcelog) CGroup: /system.slice/mcelog.service └─1159 /usr/sbin/mcelog --ignorenodev --daemon --foreground Sep 03 16:46:12 hostname systemd[1]: Starting Machine Check Exception Logging Daemon... Sep 03 16:46:12 hostname mcelog[1134]: Cannot mmap 0x1c45d40 for efi mode: Operation not permitted Sep 03 16:46:12 hostname mcelog[1134]: Cannot find SMBIOS DMI tables Sep 03 16:46:12 hostname systemd[1]: Started Machine Check Exception Logging Daemon. Sep 03 16:46:12 hostname mcelog[1159]: mcelog: Cannot mmap 0x1c45d40 for efi mode: Operation not permitted Sep 03 16:46:12 hostname mcelog[1159]: mcelog: Cannot find SMBIOS DMI tables Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): mcelog-101-2.9bfaad8f92c5.fc23.x86_64 How reproducible: on every reboot
Gone in F25.