linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 3/3] EDAC, ghes: Make it a proper module

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Message-ID: <3908561D78D1C84285E8C5FCA982C28F61316D09@ORSMSX114.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jul 2017 17:27:12 +0000
From:   "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:     linux-edac <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
        Toshimitsu Kani <toshi.kani@....com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 3/3] EDAC, ghes: Make it a proper module

> > > Hmm... I'm not seeing any implementation that would allow setting
> > > between firmware first, hardware first or "auto", as we've discussed.
> > 
> > This is all coming up. As the 0/3 message said, these 3 patches are the
> > bare minimum of reorganizing stuff only and should serve as a base.
>
> I'll then wait for such patch before acking this series.

I didn't think that a BIOS that set "firmware first" gave the OS any choice about this.

What exactly is this option going to do?  Fiddle with ACPI OSC??

-Tony