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check_interval
How often to poll for corrected machine check errors, in seconds
- (Note output is hexademical). Default 5 minutes.
+ (Note output is hexademical). Default 5 minutes. When the poller
+ finds MCEs it triggers an exponential speedup (poll more often) on
+ the polling interval. When the poller stops finding MCEs, it
+ triggers an exponential backoff (poll less often) on the polling
+ interval. The check_interval variable is both the initial and
+ maximum polling interval.
tolerant
Tolerance level. When a machine check exception occurs for a non