linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/9] ACPI, x86: Extended error log driver for x86 platform

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Message-ID: <526555DF.4010809@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 21 Oct 2013 21:57:11 +0530
From:	"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Chen Gong <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	tony.luck@...el.com, joe@...ches.com, m.chehab@...sung.com,
	arozansk@...hat.com, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/9] ACPI, x86: Extended error log driver for x86 platform

On 10/20/2013 01:51 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 03:06:15AM -0400, Chen Gong wrote:
>> Oh, yes it is. Furthermore, it reminds me where is the best place
>> to put cper.c from I write this patch series. CPER really doesn't
>> dpend on APEI even ACPI. Maybe lib/ ia an option. I can update this
>> patch and if it is OK, I can add another separate patch to change this
>> dependency. Make sense?
>
> Yeah, for some reason it is part of the UEFI spec but APEI uses it too.
>
> Well, I guess you can add it there as "default n" and have the rest of
> the code select it in Kconfig.

Yup, I think that would be a good idea to just separate out the CPER 
stuff from the APEI code, though I think your enhanced MCA logging code 
will need to depend on both CPER and ACPI since you use the ACPI 
structures as well.


Thanks,
Naveen

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