Hi,
        I have been finding the following machine checks in my /var/adm/messages
        file lately. Can anyone tell me (1) what they mean and (2) where I
        can find a list of all the possible machine checks and their hex codes
        for future reference.
        Thanks in Advance,
                Dave Millsom
        Machine check follows:-
Apr  1 17:08:32 aerie vmunix: MACHINE CHECK type 0x660  Machine check abort
Apr  1 17:08:32 aerie vmunix:   ptr[0-1]        = 0000000100000012 ffffffff84191af0
Apr  1 17:08:32 aerie vmunix:   ptr[2-3]        = 000002f800000004 0000000000000000
Apr  1 17:08:32 aerie vmunix:   ptr[4-5]        = 0000000000000000 00000000000003d0
Apr  1 17:08:32 aerie vmunix:   ptr[6-7]        = fffffc00003dc780 0000000000104000
Apr  1 17:08:32 aerie vmunix:   ptr[8-9]        = 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
Apr  1 17:08:32 aerie vmunix:   ptr[10-11]      = fffffc00003790a8 0000000000000000
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   ptr[12-13]      = fffffc0000379370 fffffc00003793a0
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   ptr[14-15]      = fffffc0000379400 fffffc0000379208
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   ptr[16-17]      = fffffc0000378fc0 0000000000000000
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   ptr[18-19]      = 0000000000000000 ffffffff9034de68
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   ptr[20-21]      = fffffc000047cf90 0000000000000000
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   ptr[22-23]      = 6068686c7c7c7c7c 00000032000006cd
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   ptr[24-25]      = 0000000000000000 0000000000010000
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   ptr[26-27]      = ffffffff84161a00 0000000000000000
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   ptr[28-29]      = 00000000004fa000 fffffffc00000000
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   ptr[30-31]      = 0000000000000001 0000000000a78000
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   exc_addr        = fffffc00002bc448
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   exc_sum         = 0000000000000000
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   exc_mask        = 0000000000000000
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   iccsr           = 0000000000000000
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   pal_base        = 000000000005c000
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   hier            = 00000000000018f0
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   hirr            = 0000000000000042
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   mm_csr          = 0000000000005030
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   dc_stat         = 0000000000000007
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   dc_addr         = 00000007ffffffff
Apr  1 17:08:33 aerie vmunix:   abox_ctl        = 000000000000042e
Apr  1 17:08:34 aerie vmunix:   biu_stat        = 0000000000002040
Apr  1 17:08:34 aerie vmunix:   biu_addr        = 00000000001080a0
Apr  1 17:08:34 aerie vmunix:   biu_ctl         = 0000000e10006337
Apr  1 17:08:34 aerie vmunix:   fill_syndrome   = 0000000000000000
Apr  1 17:08:34 aerie vmunix:   fill_addr       = 0000000000108160
Apr  1 17:08:34 aerie vmunix:   va              = 00000000001081d8
Apr  1 17:08:34 aerie vmunix:   bc_tag          = 022a000149229224
Apr  1 17:08:34 aerie vmunix:   ident           = 12
Apr  1 17:08:34 aerie vmunix:   mcr_stat        = 13138080
Apr  1 17:08:34 aerie vmunix:   intr            = ffffffff80000000
Apr  1 17:08:34 aerie vmunix:   tc_status       = 00000008
Apr  1 17:08:34 aerie vmunix:   config          = 00000001
Apr  1 17:08:34 aerie vmunix: panic: Machine check - Hardware error
Apr  1 17:08:34 aerie vmunix: syncing disks... 2 2 2 done
Apr  1 17:08:35 aerie vmunix: Alpha boot: available memory from 0x5f8000 to 0x4000000
Apr  1 17:08:35 aerie vmunix: DEC OSF/1 V2.0 (Rev. 240); Thu Mar 23 22:38:40 PST 1995 
Received on Wed Apr 12 1995 - 01:50:24 NZST