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authorHui Li <herdingcat@yahoo.com>2024-01-02 21:11:03 -0500
committerHui Li <herdingcat@yahoo.com>2024-01-04 22:22:55 -0500
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update mcelog manual
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@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ mcelog [options] \-\-ascii
.br
mcelog [options] \-\-is\-cpu\-supported
.br
+mcelog \-\-ping
+.br
mcelog \-\-version
.SH DESCRIPTION
X86 CPUs report errors detected by the CPU as
@@ -239,6 +241,13 @@ not to with the
option. You might need this option when decoding old logs
from a system where this mode was not enabled.
+Users can utilize the
+.B \-\-ping
+option to check the availability of the mcelog server. If the mcelog server
+is running, the command returns the string
+.I pong
+followed by a newline character.
+
.\".B \-\-database filename
.\"specifies the memory module error database file. Default is
.\"/var/lib/memory-errors. It is only used together with DMI decoding.