linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2] ACPI, APEI, ERST debug support

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Message-ID: <4C62BE2D.3030609@oracle.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:13:49 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
CC:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2] ACPI, APEI, ERST debug support

On 08/10/10 18:37, Huang Ying wrote:
> Hi, Len,
> 
> There is build error on i386 in the previous version. This new version fixed
> it, please replace it in acpi-test.git.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Huang Ying
> ------------------------------->
> This patch adds debugging/testing support to ERST. A misc device is
> implemented to export raw ERST read/write/clear etc operations to user
> space. With this patch, we can add ERST testing support to
> linuxfirmwarekit ISO (linuxfirmwarekit.org) to verify the kernel
> support and the firmware implementation.
> 
> v2:
> 
> - Fix build error on i386
> 
> Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/apei/Kconfig    |    9 +
>  drivers/acpi/apei/Makefile   |    1 
>  drivers/acpi/apei/erst-dbg.c |  207 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 217 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/acpi/apei/erst-dbg.c

A patch against linux-next (or some acpi tree) would have been better
for testing, but anyway, I fixed that little problem.

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>

Thanks.

-- 
~Randy
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