Apparatus and method for providing error ordering information and error logging information

A data processing system, having an associated error level chosen from a plurality of error levels for an error, comprising:

• a set of memory cells, including;
• a primary error log to record said error;
• at least one error logging register that can record information about said error;
• a secondary error log wherein said error is recorded when said error is not recorded in said primary error log;
• and
• at least one order register for recording a sequence of the occurrence of said error.

An error log system, including a set of registers to record an error corresponding to one of a plurality of error levels, comprising:

• a primary error log to record at least one error having a corresponding error level;
• an error logging register corresponding to one of a plurality of error levels, said error logging register recording information about said error;
• an error order register to record information about the order of occurrence of said error;
• and
• a secondary error log for indicating said error when said error is not recorded in said primary error log.

A method for indicating errors in a data processing system with a plurality of error levels comprising:

• indicating that an error corresponds to an error level of said plurality of error levels;
• storing a value in a primary error log when a first occurrence of said error occurs;
• storing a value in a secondary error log when said error is not recorded in said primary error log;
• and
• recording the order in which said error has occurred.