From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joe Jin Subject: Why write CPER_NOTIFY_MCE to ERST when reboot Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 16:22:36 +0800 Message-ID: <51A85DCC.3000109@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:45799 "EHLO userp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754048Ab3EaIWp (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 May 2013 04:22:45 -0400 Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Tony Luck Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, david zhuang Hi Tony, With commit 0bb77c46 "pstore: X86 platform interface using ACPI/APEI/ERST" when reboot the server kernel will call erst_writer() to write CPER_NOTIFY_MCE to ERST, if reboot the server to Windows we find MCE from system event logs. Any reason write this to ERST when reboot? Any input will appreciate! Regards, Joe