linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] EDAC/igen6: Add polling support

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Message-ID: <20241104174052.GHZykHJEiU2KPqIMRr@fat_crate.local>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 18:40:52 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Orange Kao <orange@...en.io>
Cc: tony.luck@...el.com, qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com, james.morse@....com,
	orange@...sy.org, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mchehab@...nel.org, rric@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] EDAC/igen6: Add polling support

On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 12:40:54PM +0000, Orange Kao wrote:
> +module_param(edac_op_state, int, 0444);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(edac_op_state, "EDAC Error Reporting state: 0=Poll, Others or default=Auto detect");

Why is this module parameter here instead of detecting those broken machines
and enabling polling on them by default and automatically?

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    Boris.

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