Why does mcelog cron job log 'Cannot find SMBIOS DMI tables' repeatedly on Amazon RHEL AMI ?

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Issue

  • On older RHEL AMI , mcelog generates error every hour .
Cannot find SMBIOS DMI tables
  • Why does root mailbox get filled with mcelog errors ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • RHEL AMI: ami-cc5af9a5 IAD

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