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

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Date:	Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:29:22 -0700
From:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>
To:	"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, ananth@...ibm.com,
	masbock@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, lcm@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: [Patch] MCE, APEI: Don't enable CMCI when Firmware
 First mode is set in

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:43 PM, Naveen N. Rao
<naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> +       if (bank >= mca_cfg.banks) {
> +               pr_info("mce_disable_bank: Invalid MCA bank %d ignored.\n", bank);

Let's have a FW_BUG in that message to point a finger at the source of
the problem.


+       apei_hest_parse(hest_parse_cmc, NULL);

I think we want a boot command line option to opt out of this. "nohestcmc"??

-Tony
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