[ale] Strange kernel message

[Matthew Brown]

Isn't NMI "Network Management Interface"?  I thought this was doing a
Wake-On-Network type of thing for rebooting, etc. from a network
management interface.  Maybe I'm WAAAAAY off here.

Best regards,
Matthew Brown, President
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-----Original Message-----
From: James P. Kinney III [mailto:jkinney at localnetsolutions.com] 
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:59 PM
To: James P. Kinney III
Cc: Atlanta Linux User Group (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [ale] Strange kernel message


OK. I plugged through the kernel sources. traps.c generated the kernel
log entry.

static void unknown_nmi_error(unsigned char reason, struct pt_regs *
regs)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_MCA
        /* Might actually be able to figure out what the guilty party
        * is. */
        if( MCA_bus ) {
                mca_handle_nmi();
                return;
        }
#endif
#ifdef  CONFIG_KDB
        (void)kdb(KDB_REASON_NMI, reason, regs);
#endif  /* CONFIG_KDB */
        printk("Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason %02x.\n",
reason);
        printk("Dazed and confused, but trying to continue\n");
        printk("Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?\n");
}


So, I'm not on an MCA bus system. Looking for what NMI is. KDB is not
enabled. 

On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 13:49, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> This was in my log today. I've NEVER seen anything like it.
> 
> 
> Sep 20 11:55:15 castle kernel: Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason
> 31.
> Sep 20 11:55:15 castle kernel: Dazed and confused, but trying to
> continue
> Sep 20 11:55:15 castle kernel: Do you have a strange power saving mode
> enabled?
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, I had stepped out for lunch and don't know if the power
> did blink or if my power supply is being weird.
> 
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