"Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: 1" is frequently output.

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Issue

The following messages are frequently output.

kernel: {1}[Hardware Error]: Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: 1
kernel: {1}[Hardware Error]: It has been corrected by h/w and requires no further action
kernel: {1}[Hardware Error]: event severity: corrected
kernel: {1}[Hardware Error]:  Error 0, type: corrected
kernel: {1}[Hardware Error]:  fru_text: CorrectedErr
kernel: {1}[Hardware Error]:   section_type: memory error
kernel: [Firmware Warn]: error section length is too small

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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