linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mce: acpi/apei: Honour Firmware First for MCA banks listed in APEI HEST CMC

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Message-ID: <20130621174057.GI22006@pd.tnic>
Date:	Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:40:57 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>
Cc:	"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	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 v2 1/2] mce: acpi/apei: Honour Firmware First for MCA
 banks listed in APEI HEST CMC

On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 09:47:31AM -0700, Tony Luck wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 1:36 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> > So ok, I'm persuaded, yet another bitfield it is ... :-\
> 
> Let's add some more comments on what each of these bitfields mean. Otherwise
> we will be going back over this next time we have a patch that touches one
> of them and we've all forgotten the subtle details explained in this
> e-mail thread.

Very good point - it's like you're reading my mind! I thought about
suggesting exactly that but then it slipped my mind with all the details
and commotion here.

:-)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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