Re: [RFC 1/6] x86, NMI, Add symbol definition for NMI magic constants

Andi Kleen
2010-09-21T22:19:21Z

>
> I guess adding either another knob to override the hardware error option
> or tying it in with the panic_on_unknown_error option might make me more
> comfortable. That way enterprise customers can always just enable it by
> default and desktop users (for now) could have it off.

Anything that needs explicit enabling is a bad idea, that
would lead to a lot of users running in "corrupt my data" mode.

The code currently uses the presence of a HEST error table
to detect a server. HEST should be only available on servers.

On servers at least panic should be default.

-Andi