Re: [PATCH -v3 0/8] ACPI, APEI patches for 2.6.37

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:07:30 +0200 Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 13:28 +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> > v3:
> > 
> > - Rework lock-less memory allocator and lock-less list.
> > 
> > v2:
> > 
> > - Some minor changes according to Andi's comments.
> > 
> > [PATCH -v3 1/8] ACPI, APEI, Add ERST record ID cache
> > [PATCH -v3 2/8] lib, Make gen_pool memory allocator lock-less
> > [PATCH -v3 3/8] lib, Add lock-less NULL terminated single list
> > [PATCH -v3 4/8] Hardware error device core
> > [PATCH -v3 5/8] Hardware error record persistent support
> > [PATCH -v3 6/8] ACPI, APEI, Use ERST for hardware error persisting before panic
> > [PATCH -v3 7/8] ACPI, APEI, Report GHES error record with hardware error device core
> > [PATCH -v3 8/8] ACPI, APEI, Generic Hardware Error Source POLL/IRQ/NMI notification type support
> 
> You forgot to CC all people who participated in the previous discussion.
> 
> You seem to have forgotten to address the high-level feedback given by
> the x86 maintainers.
> 
> All you've done is decreased the arch/x86/ footprint of the patch
> series, but neither you nor Andi have addressed the technical arguments
> against adding this ABI.
> 
> Nor have you engaged in conversation with the other EDAC people on how
> to extend the existing interface, or even work towards creating
> something new that would cater to all interested parties.
> 
> Not charmed at all by your attitude.
> --

Looks like you also have not addressed this reported build error:
  http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/25/440

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~Randy
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