NMI Error Codes

NMI exceptions (TRAP 2) have no hardware defined Error Code. OS/2 uses the error code in the trap screen to indicate the source of the NMI as follows:

┌──────────────┬──────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Error CodeMsg NoDescription                             │
├──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│0000          │SYS1944       │Software caused NMI (INT 2)             │
├──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│0001          │SYS1945       │RAM error, check memory (parity error)  │
├──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│0002          │SYS1946       │Adapter caused error (I/O channel check)│
├──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│0003          │SYS1947       │Check bus mastering adapters, update    │
│              │              │adapter drivers. Also disable bus       │
│              │              │mastering on failing adapters as a      │
│              │              │problem determination tool to figure out│
│              │              │which adapter is causing the failure.   │
│              │              │Contact the adapter vendor for further  │
│              │              │assistance.  (DMA timeout)              │
├──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│0004          │SYS1948       │A device driver or Dos application      │
│              │              │disabled interrupts too long. Contact   │
│              │              │appropriate software vendor for updated │
│              │              │software (Watchdog timeout).            │
├──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│0005          │SYS3140       │Contact application or device driver    │
│              │              │hardware vendor (software generated     │
│              │              │NMI).                                   │
├──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│0006          │SYS3141       │see error code 0003.                    │
├──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│0007          │SYS3142       │see error code 0004.                    │
├──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│0008          │SYS3143       │see error code 0002.                    │
├──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│0009          │SYS3149       │see error code 0001.                    │
└──────────────┴──────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┘


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