RHEL 5.7 prints "MCE: Machine Check Exception Reporting is disabled" in /var/log/messages.

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Issue

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 system reports following message in /var/log/messages:
MCE: Machine Check Exception Reporting is disabled.
  • Above message is not seen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 systems.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Systems with Nehalem processors

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