From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fenghua Yu Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:48:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 0/5] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: Introduction Message-Id: <20061208154828.A1096@unix-os.sc.intel.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Itanium Machine Check (MC) error inject tool is used to inject MC errors from Linux. The tool is a test bed for Itanium MC work flow including hardware correctable error handling, OS recoverable error handling, MC event logging, etc. The tool includes two parts: a kernel driver and a user application sample. The driver provides pal_mc_error_inject() interface to inject error and query error injection capabilities. The application sample provides a combination of various errors and calls the drivers interface (sysfs interface) to inject errors or query error injection capabilities. The sample application can be re-written, modified, or integrated into other applications as long as GPL permitted. Thanks. -Fenghua [PATCH 1/5] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: Kernel configuration [PATCH 2/5] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: Doc and sample application [PATCH 3/5] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: Driver sysfs interface [PATCH 4/5] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: Makefile changes [PATCH 5/5] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: pal_mc_error_inject() interface