linux-kernel - Re: APEI: Can not request iomem region for GARs

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Message-ID: <CAG1a4rtXhK-TtgayUDBK34kB2rEHUSN_6ZEX2B6Zg2-GprwCEA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 2 Sep 2011 22:44:33 -0400
From:	Pavel Ivanov <paivanof@...il.com>
To:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: APEI: Can not request iomem region for GARs

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 1:37 AM, Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com> wrote:
> On 08/27/2011 11:28 AM, Pavel Ivanov wrote:
>> Also I noticed there's another suspicious message in dmesg and it was
>> there earlier too (although it's not shown on console):
>>
>> GHES: Failed to enable APEI firmware first mode
>>
>> Is it bad? What does it mean?
>
> Maybe this has been fixed, please this patch,
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/8/11/297

Yes, this patch indeed fixed this failure message. It's now replaced by

GHES: APEI firmware first mode is enabled by WHEA _OSC.

Can I ask you another question: what does the following message mean?

[Firmware Warn]: GHES: Poll interval is 0 for generic hardware error
source: 1, disabled.


Pavel


P.S. No word from Asus yet on the ERST issue.
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