From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jesse Barnes Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 15:19:08 +0000 Subject: Re: [ia64 R&D] CONFIG_IA64_MCA Message-Id: <200405040819.08506.jbarnes@engr.sgi.com> List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday, May 4, 2004 6:53 am, Luck, Tony wrote: > John> Hi, I have heard rumors that the CONFIG_IA64_MCA option may be > John> phased out. If this is true, this email is an attempt to lobby > John> AGAINST such a move. I work with a team that explicitly > John> disables the CONFIG_IA64_MCA so that the kernel will NOT > John> handle MCAs. If kernel handling of MCAs is made automatic, > John> then that would interfere with our use of the > John> kernel. Hopefully, this rumor is false. > > Would a boot option to skip registration linux handlers with > SAL work for you? That would allow us to keep Jesse's cleanup > that removes a bunch of #ifdefs. That seems like an even better option, since it means they wouldn't have to recompile their kernel (unless they're making other changes), and may be useful in general. Jesse