linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Re: [Patch] MCE, APEI: Don't enable CMCI when Firmware First mode is set in

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Message-ID: <51BEE58F.5050204@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:01:43 +0530
From:	"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:	"ananth@...ibm.com" <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	masbock@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, lcm@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	ying.huang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: [Patch] MCE, APEI: Don't enable CMCI when Firmware
 First mode is set in

On 06/17/2013 01:51 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 01:41:03PM +0530, Naveen N. Rao wrote:
>> Yes, we used to poll since we do not get notified via MCE/CMCI.
>> However, with firmware first set in CMC structure, the firmware is
>> now controlling all corrected error reporting for these banks. So, we
>> should not be looking at these MCA banks at all.
>
> Ok,
>
> then the bank polling disabling part should be generic code (i.e., not
> in mce_intel) since it is part of the APEI crap. The CMCI disabling
> should be Intel-specific only as AMD has a similar mechanism which we'll
> need to disable at some point too.

Ok, I'll move mce_disable_bank() to mce.c and re-structure the patch 
around that.

Thanks,
Naveen

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