linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: also disable FSRM if ERMS is disabled

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Message-ID: <Y8W+22DNTylUTo25@zn.tnic>
Date:   Mon, 16 Jan 2023 22:17:15 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc:     Daniel Verkamp <dverkamp@...omium.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: also disable FSRM if ERMS is disabled

On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 06:26:50AM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Just so you know (I see you progressed with Ingo to fix this) -- despite I
> asked the very same question, I received no answer quite yet. I suppose it
> will sound like usual "because we can".

Yah, tell them it is totally useless to disable ERMS on an AMD system. Just
leave the both settings on.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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