Error Case Summary

Table 8–3 Error Case Summary (Continued)

 

 

 

Hardware

 

Error

Exception

Status

Action

PALcode Action

 

 

 

 

 

Bcache double-bit

MCHK1

C_STAT[DSTREAM_BC_DBL]

None

Log as MCHK

error on Dcache fill

 

C_ADDR[error address]4

 

 

Memory double-bit

MCHK1

C_STAT[ISTREAM_MEM_DBL]

None

Log as MCHK

error on Icache fill

 

C_ADDR[error address]4

 

 

Memory double-bit

MCHK1

C_STAT[DSTREAM_MEM_DBL]

None

Log as MCHK

error on Dcache fill

 

C_ADDR[error address]4

 

 

1Machine check taken in native mode. It is deferred while in PALmode.

2CRD error posted in case the machine check is down a speculative path.

3For a single-bit error on a non-target quadword, the error is not corrected in hardware, but is corrected by PALcode during the scrub operation.

4The contents of C_ADDR may not be accurate when there is heavy cache fill traffic.

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Compaq 21264, EV67 specifications Mchk Cstatdstreambcdbl, Mchk Cstatistreammemdbl, Mchk Cstatdstreammemdbl