From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Aristeu Rozanski Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ghes_edac: add platform check to enable ghes_edac Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:55:08 -0400 Message-ID: <20170719185508.GC16076@redhat.com> References: <20170717215912.26070-1-toshi.kani@hpe.com> <20170717215912.26070-4-toshi.kani@hpe.com> <20170718060007.GB8736@nazgul.tnic> <20170718080836.GB8372@nazgul.tnic> <1500412288.2042.25.camel@hpe.com> <20170719055235.GD26030@nazgul.tnic> <1500480051.2042.27.camel@hpe.com> <20170719162204.GE16124@nazgul.tnic> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:47250 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755385AbdGSSzK (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:55:10 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170719162204.GE16124@nazgul.tnic> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Borislav Petkov Cc: "Kani, Toshimitsu" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "mchehab@kernel.org" , "rjw@rjwysocki.net" , "srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com" , "tony.luck@intel.com" , "lenb@kernel.org" , "linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-edac@vger.kernel.org" On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 06:22:04PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 04:10:07PM +0000, Kani, Toshimitsu wrote: > > I do prefer to avoid any white / black listing. But I do not see how > > it solves the buggy DMI/SMBIOS info as an example of firmware bugs we > > may have to deal with. > > So how do you want to deal with this? > > Maintain an evergrowing whitelist of platforms which are OK and then the > moment a new platform comes along, you send a patch to add it to that > whitelist? That would also need to keep an eye on versions. A newer version of BIOS on a whitelisted platform might be broken. -- Aristeu