linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Add an option to disable decoding of MCE

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikM4_xxenWhQ_R5i7V6zs3pP26nhJJnkv9-j9SJ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:07:11 -0800
From:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>, "mingo@...e.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"rdunlap@...otime.net" <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Duncan Laurie <dlaurie@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Add an option to disable decoding of MCE

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com> wrote:
> figured out how to replace them yet).  With almost every single kernel
> version bump we've had, we've found numerous places where strings in
> the logs have subtly changed, breaking our infrastructure :(  Finding
> these is a painful process and often shows up late in the deployment
> process.  This is disastrous to our deployment schedules as rebooting
> our number of machines, well, it takes a while...
>
> I'm sorry if this is tangential to your comment above, but I feel the
> need to have folks recognize that printk() is _not_ a good foundation
> on which to build automation.

Congratulations .... you made the lwn.net "quote of the week"
  http://lwn.net/Articles/421784

 - wider distribution of this wisdom is a very good thing.

-Tony
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