[PATCH] x86-64: Add command line option to set machine check tolerance level
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
index 678e8f1..ffe1c06 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
If your BIOS doesn't do that it's a good idea to enable though
to make sure you log even machine check events that result
in a reboot.
+ mce=tolerancelevel (number)
+ 0: always panic, 1: panic if deadlock possible,
+ 2: try to avoid panic, 3: never panic or exit (for testing)
+ default is 1
+ Can be also set using sysfs which is preferable.
nomce (for compatibility with i386): same as mce=off