Re: [RFC 3/6] x86, NMI, Rename memory parity error to PCI SERR error

Borislav Petkov
2010-09-20T13:03:01Z

From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:00:10AM +0200

(adding Doug to CC)

> On 18.09.10 20:20:35, Huang Ying wrote:
> > > If I am not wrong the only real functional change is to rip out the
> > > edac handler. So, just introduce the final names with your renaming in
> > > patch #1 (and maybe make a comment in the commit message or change
> > > patch order).
> >
> > If I merge the 1/6 and 3/6, can you suggest a patch subject, "Add symbol
> > definition for NMI magic constants and rename memory parity to PCI
> > SERR"?
>
> Yes, maybe we make the edac change a separate one.

What is more, there are a bunch of edac drivers using the PCI SERR nmi
as a means to check for PCI errors so we shouldn't be removing it now,
should we?

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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