linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, mce, severities: Add AMD severities function

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Message-ID: <20150317074214.GA27687@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:42:14 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Aravind Gopalakrishnan <Aravind.Gopalakrishnan@....com>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	tony.luck@...el.com, bp@...en8.de, slaoub@...il.com,
	luto@...capital.net, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-edac@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, mce, severities: Add AMD severities function


* Aravind Gopalakrishnan <Aravind.Gopalakrishnan@....com> wrote:

> Add a severities function that caters to AMD processors.
> This allows us to do some vendor specific work within the
> function if necessary.
> 
> Also, introduce a vendor flag bitfield which contains vendor
> specific flags. The severities code uses this to define error
> scope based on the prescence of the flags field.

So it would be nice to see actual use of this new facility, within the 
same patch series?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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