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

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Message-ID: <1500917682.2042.62.camel@hpe.com>
Date:   Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:44:03 +0000
From:   "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@....com>
To:     "bp@...en8.de" <bp@...en8.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ghes_edac: add platform check to enable ghes_edac

On Mon, 2017-07-24 at 18:37 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 03:56:27PM +0000, Kani, Toshimitsu wrote:
> > Yes, Mauro has already pointed this out.  As I replied to him, we
> > do have a separate series of platforms that do not have built-in
> > RAS, and
> 
> So this whitelist entry
> 
> +static struct acpi_oemlist oemlist[] = {
> +       {"HPE   ", "Server  ", 0, ACPI_SIG_FADT, all_versions},
> +       { } /* End */
> +};
> 
> looks like it'll match every HP server platform not only the ones
> with built-in RAS.

I assumed our platforms w/o build-in RAS do not implement GHES, but I
will check for sure.  Also, all our previous/current platforms have
"HP".

Thanks,
-Toshi