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Description of problem: On the x86 platform when there is a corrected MCE error it prints the following messages: Mar 29 17:52:19 server1 kernel: [Hardware Error]: No human readable MCE decoding support on this CPU type. Mar 29 17:52:19 server1 kernel: [Hardware Error]: Run the message through 'mcelog --ascii' to decode. It should however only print them in case of a panic as per the upstream commit: -------- The "human readable" message is not useful for corrected errors. There's no reason to run mcelog --ascii and the error is logged anyways. And it's pr_emerg, which is not needed for a corrected error. Only print it during panic. -------- These messages are confusing to the less experienced admin. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL-6.1 beta How reproducible: On a system installed with RHEL-6.1 beta with correctable MCE errors you will see these messages. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install a machine with RHEL-6.1 beta 2. Wait for MCE errors to be corrected 3. Actual results: The system logs superfluous messages Expected results: These messages should only be printed in case of a panic. Additional info: Upstream commit that resolves this: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-mce-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=6e3c7411d2b86bff210c59caa432e8e862037bfd
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 688281 ***