"kernel: EDAC k8 MC1: extended error code: ECC chipkill x4 error" in messages log

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Issue

  • "ECC chipkill x4 error" logged by EDAC in /var/log/messages, similar as below:
kernel: EDAC k8 MC1: general bus error: participating processor(local node origin), time-out(no timeout) memory transaction type(generic read), mem or i/o(mem access), cache level(generic) 
kernel: EDAC MC1: CE page 0xa16f8, offset 0x80, grain 8, syndrome 0xf858, row 0, channel 1, label "": k8_edac 
kernel: EDAC k8 MC1: extended error code: ECC chipkill x4 error

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 and later

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