RE: [ia64 R&D] CONFIG_IA64_MCA

CURRY,JOHN W (HP-Cupertino,ex1)
2004-05-04T16:06:41Z

Yes, I think that could work. Tell me more. I have already communicated with
Jesse, though.
Thanks,
J. Curry

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-ia64-owner@vger.kernel.org
[mailto:linux-ia64-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Luck, Tony
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 6:53 AM
To: John Curry; jbarnes@sgi.com
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: [ia64 R&D] CONFIG_IA64_MCA

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 disables
John> the CONFIG_IA64_MCA so that the kernel will NOT handle MCAs. If
John> kernel handling of MCAs is made automatic, then that would
John> interfere with our use of the kernel. Hopefully, this rumor is
John> 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.

-Tony
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