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author | Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> | 2008-12-05 18:03:18 +0100 |
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committer | Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> | 2008-12-05 18:03:18 +0100 |
commit | bb2a53248ae392db97b7ab4a01db490bd69a597c (patch) | |
tree | 4768bfb843530496b86eff6e9eefb905e4244597 | |
parent | ce3d73f8f0d3332838a0366e899159ce93e95ac0 (diff) | |
download | mce-inject-bb2a53248ae392db97b7ab4a01db490bd69a597c.tar.gz |
Improve README, add copyright
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
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@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ mce-inject allows to inject machine check errors on the -software level into a running Linux kernel. +software level into a running Linux kernel. This is intended for +validation of the kernel machine check handler. + +Syntax: mce-inject file .. @@ -9,3 +12,32 @@ 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 + + |