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@@ -366,3 +366,8 @@ There are 6 classes of reasons for the reboot:
This information is read by the kernel at bootup and printed into
the syslog. When a random reboot occurs this message can be helpful
to determine the next component to debug.
+
+For example, if bit 19 was set, you will get a message like this in the log on
+next bootup::
+
+ x86/amd: Previous system reset reason [0x00080000]: software wrote 0x6 to reset control register 0xCF9