From: "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@gmail.com>,
Chen Gong <gong.chen@linux.intel.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-acpi <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Extended H/W error log driver
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:37:22 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <525FD2FA.8010403@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131015192353.GI7908@pd.tnic>
On 10/16/2013 12:53 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 12:40:40AM +0530, Naveen N. Rao wrote:
>> +2 ;)
>
> You're counting for 2 people, huh?
That's me raising both my hands :)
>
> :-)
>
>> While at it, I wonder if we're better off calling these "Hardware
>> events" rather than "Hardware errors".
>
> Oh, please no. That's that euphemistic lying which serves no one. And
> here's what I mean by "euphemistic lying":
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuEQixrBKCc
>
> Let's call it what it really is but, at the same time, make sure it is
> understandable to users what action they need to undertake (or none)
> when they encounter it.
If you feel so strongly about it. "Corrected Error" is an oxymoron. It's
really just the hardware notifying us.
Thanks,
Naveen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-17 12:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 85+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-11 6:32 Extended H/W error log driver Chen, Gong
2013-10-11 6:32 ` [PATCH 1/8] ACPI, APEI, CPER: Fix status check during error printing Chen, Gong
2013-10-11 8:50 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-11 6:32 ` [PATCH 2/8] ACPI, CPER: Update cper info Chen, Gong
2013-10-11 9:06 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-11 15:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-16 1:57 ` Joe Perches
2013-10-16 2:46 ` Chen Gong
2013-10-16 3:10 ` Joe Perches
2013-10-15 18:17 ` Naveen N. Rao
2013-10-16 1:39 ` Chen Gong
2013-10-17 12:21 ` Naveen N. Rao
2013-10-18 11:06 ` Naveen N. Rao
2013-10-11 6:32 ` [PATCH 3/8] ACPI, x86: Extended error log driver for x86 platform Chen, Gong
2013-10-11 15:24 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-14 3:16 ` Chen Gong
2013-10-14 10:26 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-14 13:03 ` Chen Gong
2013-10-14 13:28 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-14 16:50 ` Tony Luck
2013-10-14 17:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-14 17:16 ` Tony Luck
2013-10-11 6:32 ` [PATCH 4/8] DMI: Parse memory device (type 17) in SMBIOS Chen, Gong
2013-10-11 15:40 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-14 3:21 ` Chen Gong
2013-10-14 10:30 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-15 19:00 ` Naveen N. Rao
2013-10-11 6:32 ` [PATCH 5/8] ACPI, APEI, CPER: Add UEFI 2.4 support for memory error Chen, Gong
2013-10-11 15:41 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-15 17:26 ` Naveen N. Rao
2013-10-16 1:35 ` Chen Gong
2013-10-11 6:32 ` [PATCH 6/8] ACPI, APEI, CPER: Enhance memory reporting capability Chen, Gong
2013-10-11 15:49 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-15 19:18 ` Naveen N. Rao
2013-10-11 6:32 ` [PATCH 7/8] ACPI, APEI, CPER: Cleanup CPER memory error output format Chen, Gong
2013-10-11 16:02 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-14 4:55 ` Chen Gong
2013-10-14 10:36 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-14 17:12 ` Tony Luck
2013-10-14 18:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-14 21:03 ` Tony Luck
2013-10-14 21:50 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-15 9:18 ` Chen Gong
2013-10-15 10:13 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-15 11:28 ` Naveen N. Rao
2013-10-15 11:41 ` Naveen N. Rao
2013-10-15 12:29 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-15 16:42 ` Joe Perches
2013-10-15 16:49 ` Tony Luck
2013-10-15 16:56 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-11 6:32 ` [PATCH 8/8] ACPI / trace: Add trace interface for eMCA driver Chen, Gong
2013-10-11 7:52 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-11 16:14 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-14 7:07 ` Chen Gong
2013-10-15 16:54 ` Naveen N. Rao
2013-10-15 17:00 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-15 17:30 ` Naveen N. Rao
2013-10-15 17:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-16 0:43 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2013-10-16 9:16 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-16 10:35 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2013-10-16 10:42 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-16 11:55 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2013-10-16 12:20 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-16 20:47 ` Luck, Tony
2013-10-17 10:34 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2013-10-17 21:35 ` Luck, Tony
2013-10-16 20:35 ` Luck, Tony
2013-10-17 10:32 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2013-10-16 9:50 ` Chen Gong
2013-10-16 10:49 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-18 11:04 ` Naveen N. Rao
2013-10-11 7:00 ` Extended H/W error log driver Joe Perches
2013-10-11 8:04 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-11 14:54 ` Luck, Tony
2013-10-11 15:27 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-14 6:49 ` Chen Gong
2013-10-14 10:55 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-15 4:07 ` Chen Gong
2013-10-15 9:28 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-15 16:15 ` Tony Luck
2013-10-15 19:10 ` Naveen N. Rao
2013-10-15 19:23 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-10-17 12:07 ` Naveen N. Rao [this message]
2013-10-17 13:04 ` Borislav Petkov
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