Machine check architecture
- Machine check architecture
In computing, Machine Check Architecture (MCA) refers to a mechanism in which the CPU reports hardware errors to the operating system.
ee also
* High availability
* Processor Abstraction Layer
* System Abstraction Layer
References
External links
* [http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/64bit/MCAsupport.mspx Microsoft's article on Itanium's MCA]
* [http://sourcefrog.net/weblog/software/linux-kernel/ia64/mca.html A short description of x86 MCA]
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