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diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/machinecheck b/Documentation/x86_64/machinecheck index 068a6d9904b..feaeaf6f6e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/machinecheck +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/machinecheck @@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ between all CPUs. 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 |