linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Do not use bank 1 for APEI generated error logs.

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Date:	Fri, 3 Jun 2016 10:20:25 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:	"linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Aristeu Rozanski <arozansk@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Do not use bank 1 for APEI generated error logs.

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 06:18:42PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> Intel is stuck at 32 unless we come up with a new mechanism and change
> all the code that generates MSR numbers with "base + 4*i". There are
> some virtualization MSRs allocated at what would be bank32.

Just when I was hoping that 32 banks should be more than enough and hw
people would restrain themselves. Looks like a "natural" restraint has
presented itself ... :-))

Anyway, v2 applied, thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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