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Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/machinecheck to reST

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This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Changbin Du 2019-05-08 23:21:41 +08:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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5level-paging 5level-paging
fake-numa-for-cpusets fake-numa-for-cpusets
cpu-hotplug-spec cpu-hotplug-spec
machinecheck

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
Configurable sysfs parameters for the x86-64 machine check code. ===============================================================
Configurable sysfs parameters for the x86-64 machine check code
===============================================================
Machine checks report internal hardware error conditions detected Machine checks report internal hardware error conditions detected
by the CPU. Uncorrected errors typically cause a machine check by the CPU. Uncorrected errors typically cause a machine check
@ -16,14 +19,13 @@ log then mcelog should run to collect and decode machine check entries
from /dev/mcelog. Normally mcelog should be run regularly from a cronjob. from /dev/mcelog. Normally mcelog should be run regularly from a cronjob.
Each CPU has a directory in /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheckN Each CPU has a directory in /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheckN
(N = CPU number) (N = CPU number).
The directory contains some configurable entries: The directory contains some configurable entries:
Entries:
bankNctl bankNctl
(N bank number) (N bank number)
64bit Hex bitmask enabling/disabling specific subevents for bank N 64bit Hex bitmask enabling/disabling specific subevents for bank N
When a bit in the bitmask is zero then the respective When a bit in the bitmask is zero then the respective
subevent will not be reported. subevent will not be reported.