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From: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Generic hardware error reporting support
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:19:08 -0500 (EST)
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> If you (and the code) are absolutely certain that a particular error instance
> is totally due to the BIOS, then stick the words "BIOS ERROR" into the 
> printk().

FYI, trenn added some printk prefixes for this case a while back;

#define FW_BUG          "[Firmware Bug]: "
#define FW_WARN         "[Firmware Warn]: "
#define FW_INFO         "[Firmware Info]: "

cheers,
-Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center