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: <51C156B0.1080102@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:28:56 +0530
From:	"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.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 06/19/2013 03:59 AM, Tony Luck wrote:
> 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.

Ok.

>
>
> +       apei_hest_parse(hest_parse_cmc, NULL);
>
> I think we want a boot command line option to opt out of this. "nohestcmc"??

Ok, I will add a boot option for this.


Thanks,
Naveen

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