linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [0/28] x86: MCE: Feature series for 2.6.31

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Date:	Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:24:34 +0900
From:	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [0/28] x86: MCE: Feature series for 2.6.31

Andi Kleen wrote:
> Various new Intel x86 machine check features, including initial support
> for machine check recovery and new status bits. The actual machine check
> recovery requires some generic VM changes, which will be posted in a separate
> series ("POISON series") This series can be applied without the POISON
> series and POISON requires these patches.
> 
> Especially the broadcast and early nowayout patches are fairly important for 
> Nehalem CPUs, without them machine checks are often incorrectly reported
> due to the shared bank topology of the system.
> 
> -Andi

Andi, could you divide this series into "cleanups" and "features"?
Or May I help you?


Thanks,
H.Seto


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