linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] ACPI, APEI, CPER: Cleanup CPER memory error output format

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Message-ID: <20131014103616.GE4009@pd.tnic>
Date:	Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:36:16 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Chen Gong <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	tony.luck@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] ACPI, APEI, CPER: Cleanup CPER memory error output
 format

On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 12:55:00AM -0400, Chen Gong wrote:
> Because most of data in CPER are empty or unimportant.

It is not about whether it is important or not - the question is whether
changing existing functionality which someone might rely upon is a
problem here? Someone might be expecting exactly those messages to
appear in dmesg.

Btw, what is the real reason for this patch, to save yourself the output
in dmesg? If so, you can disable this output when eMCA module has been
loaded but leave it intact otherwise.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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