Hi,

After half an hour of compiling code on an Intel SNB machine, at which time
the machine was more or less permanently running with turbo boost active,
I've gotten the following in my dmesg with Linux-3.1.0:

CPU2: Package power limit notification (total events = 1)
CPU3: Package power limit notification (total events = 1)
CPU1: Package power limit notification (total events = 1)
CPU0: Package power limit notification (total events = 1)
CPU2: Package power limit normal
CPU3: Package power limit normal
CPU1: Package power limit normal
CPU0: Package power limit normal
[Hardware Error]: Machine check events logged
CPU1: Package power limit notification (total events = 655)
CPU2: Package power limit notification (total events = 655)
CPU3: Package power limit notification (total events = 655)
CPU0: Package power limit notification (total events = 655)
CPU3: Package power limit normal
CPU2: Package power limit normal
CPU1: Package power limit normal
CPU0: Package power limit normal
[Hardware Error]: Machine check events logged

Below is the output from mcelog. Is there anything that can be done about it?

Cheers,

	- Udo

mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 0
CPU 3 THERMAL EVENT TSC 179fecf42d7 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 3 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c0000000880c0c00 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 3 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 1
CPU 1 THERMAL EVENT TSC 179fecf5d95 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 1 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c0000000880c0c00 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 1 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 2
CPU 0 THERMAL EVENT TSC 179fecf72fb 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 0 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c0000000880c0c00 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 0 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 3
CPU 2 THERMAL EVENT TSC 179fecf88a9 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 2 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c0000000880c0c00 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 2 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 4
CPU 3 THERMAL EVENT TSC 179fef2e964 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 3 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c0000000880c0800 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 3 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 5
CPU 1 THERMAL EVENT TSC 179fef2fd56 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 1 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c0000000880c0800 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 1 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 6
CPU 0 THERMAL EVENT TSC 179fef30d22 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 0 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c0000000880c0800 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 0 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 7
CPU 2 THERMAL EVENT TSC 179fef311bd 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 2 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c0000000880c0800 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 2 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 8
CPU 2 THERMAL EVENT TSC 31a70403488 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 2 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c000000088080c02 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 2 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 9
CPU 3 THERMAL EVENT TSC 31a7040468b 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 3 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c000000088080c02 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 3 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 10
CPU 0 THERMAL EVENT TSC 31a704059b1 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 0 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c000000088080c02 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 0 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 11
CPU 1 THERMAL EVENT TSC 31a70407082 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 1 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c000000088080c02 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 1 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 12
CPU 2 THERMAL EVENT TSC 31a705416f8 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 2 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c000000088080802 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 2 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 13
CPU 1 THERMAL EVENT TSC 31a70542907 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 1 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c000000088080802 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 1 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 14
CPU 0 THERMAL EVENT TSC 31a70543945 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 0 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c000000088080802 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 0 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42
mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
Please contact your hardware vendor
MCE 15
CPU 3 THERMAL EVENT TSC 31a70543cab 
TIME 1322060688 Wed Nov 23 16:04:48 2011
Processor 3 below trip temperature. Throttling disabled
STATUS c000000088080802 MCGSTATUS 0
MCGCAP c07 APICID 3 SOCKETID 0 
CPUID Vendor Intel Family 6 Model 42