RE: [ia64 R&D] CONFIG_IA64_MCA

Luck, Tony
2004-05-04T13:53:17Z

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.

-Tony