linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ghes_edac: add platform check to enable ghes

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Message-ID: <20170719060059.GG26030@nazgul.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 19 Jul 2017 08:01:00 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>,
        "rjw@...ysocki.net" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        "mchehab@...nel.org" <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com" 
        <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
        "lenb@...nel.org" <lenb@...nel.org>,
        "linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ghes_edac: add platform check to enable ghes_edac

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 10:13:42PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> Historically we've had complaints that sb_edac won't load that have been
> tracked to BIOS hiding one of the (many) PCI devices that it needs.  But
> device hiding is orthogonal to providing GHES error records.  A BIOS might
> do that, but I don't know that anyone intentionally does so.

Yeah, the hiding-devices path doesn't look like the optimal one. I think we
should look at the firmware-first setting and load ghes if FF is being done by
the firmware.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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