linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI, APEI: Fix BERT resources conflict with ACPI NVS area

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Date:   Mon, 20 Feb 2017 08:56:12 +0800
From:   "Huang\, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc:     "Huang\, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Tomasz Nowicki <tomasz.nowicki@...aro.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Fu Wei <fu.wei@...aro.org>,
        <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI, APEI: Fix BERT resources conflict with ACPI NVS area

Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de> writes:

> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 08:31:12AM +0800, Huang, Ying wrote:
>> I am not sure whether the NVS area is a part of the BERT area, but
>> apparently they are overlapped in some way.  We will access the whole
>> BERT area here via ioremap the whole range.
>
> This is the part that was missing from the commit message - explaining
> *why* we need this fix.

OK.  I will revise the patch description accordingly.

Best Regards,
Huang, Ying