From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Naveen N. Rao" Subject: Re: Extended H/W error log driver Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:37:22 +0530 Message-ID: <525FD2FA.8010403@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <1381473166-29303-1-git-send-email-gong.chen@linux.intel.com> <20131011080427.GC18719@pd.tnic> <20131014064940.GD12189@gchen.bj.intel.com> <20131014105533.GF4009@pd.tnic> <20131015040731.GA887@gchen.bj.intel.com> <20131015092851.GA7908@pd.tnic> <20131015191040.GA4347@naverao1-tp.ibm.com> <20131015192353.GI7908@pd.tnic> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from e23smtp01.au.ibm.com ([202.81.31.143]:58376 "EHLO e23smtp01.au.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753574Ab3JQMew (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Oct 2013 08:34:52 -0400 Received: from /spool/local by e23smtp01.au.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 22:34:50 +1000 In-Reply-To: <20131015192353.GI7908@pd.tnic> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Borislav Petkov Cc: Tony Luck , Chen Gong , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-acpi 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