linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Move cper.c from drivers/acpi/apei to drivers/firmware/efi

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Message-ID: <20131028203515.GP1982@console-pimps.org>
Date:	Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:35:15 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Chen Gong <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>, X86-ML <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Move cper.c from drivers/acpi/apei to
 drivers/firmware/efi

On Mon, 28 Oct, at 11:53:53AM, Luck, Tony wrote:
> cper.c contains code to decode and print "Common Platform Error Records".
> Originally added under drivers/acpi/apei because the only user was in that
> same directory - but now we have another consumer, and we shouldn't have
> to force CONFIG_ACPI_APEI get access to this code.
> 
> Since CPER is defined in the UEFI specification - the logical home for
> this code is under drivers/firmware/efi/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> Matt: as discussed earlier on the mailing list ... just looking
> for your "Acked-by" so this can go on top of the patch series in
> the x86/mce branch of the tip tree that already makes a bunch of
> changes to cper.c

You got it.

Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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