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mce-inject allows to inject machine check errors on the
software level into a running Linux kernel. This is intended for
validation of the kernel machine check handler.
Syntax:
mce-inject file ..
See SPEC for the input language
Some simple tests are in test/*.
Warning: some of them will panic the machine (this is intended)
Requires a new Linux kernel with error injection patches.
The error injection patches are currently available from
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-mce-2.6.git test
A more comprehensive test suite testing more machine check features
is available in mce-test
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/cpu/mce/mce-inject.git
Authors:
Andi Kleen
Ying Huang
Copyright 2008 by Intel Corporation
mce-inject is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version
2.
mce-inject is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should find a copy of v2 of the GNU General Public License somewhere
on your Linux system; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA