linux-kernel - Re: Extended H/W error log driver

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Date:	Wed, 16 Oct 2013 00:40:40 +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>,
	Chen Gong <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Extended H/W error log driver

On 2013/10/15 09:15AM, Tony Luck wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> > We can even add a hint for the user like:
> >
> >         "Above errors have been corrected by the hardware and require no further action."
> >
> > Btw, this is valid for both dmesg and trace event output.
> >
> > Because from my experience so far people just scream: "Look, I just had
> > an MCE" withot even reading what it says. And this just upsets support
> > people for no valid reason at all.
> 
> "Like", "+1", "metoo" ... or whatever it is we do on LKML to indicate
> we approve.

+2 ;)

While at it, I wonder if we're better off calling these "Hardware
events" rather than "Hardware errors".


Thanks,
Naveen

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