linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI, APEI, Add APEI

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:42:13 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI, APEI, Add APEI _OSC support

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 09:40:17AM +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> On 06/17/2011 09:34 AM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > If the kernel has been configured with support for the feature then I 
> > think we ought to be able to assume that the kernel will support it at 
> > runtime.
> 
> There may be error during driver initialization.  That is what I am
> concerned.

That's true of any _OSC functionality.

> >> So I think we can do that in 2 steps.  At first, we just enable WHEA
> >> UUID, because that is easier to do.  Then we find a way to implement
> >> "APEI bit" in generic _OSC call.  Do you think that is a good idea?
> > 
> > I'm fine with that, providing that GHES isn't disabled purely because 
> > the WHEA UUID call wasn't successful.
> 
> Because we have not added the code to make generic _OSC call with "APEI
> bit" now, so if WHEA UUID call failed, we have no firmware first mode
> enabled.  So I think it is safe to disable GHES if WHEA UUID call
> failed.  But in another hand, keeping GHES has no harm too.  So I am OK
> to keep GHES if WHEA UUID call failed.

I see your point. But this does need to be fixed in the long run.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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