From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932789AbZD1QHS (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:07:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754253AbZD1QHB (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:07:01 -0400 Received: from wa4ehsobe002.messaging.microsoft.com ([216.32.181.12]:51947 "EHLO WA4EHSOBE002.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751294AbZD1QG7 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:06:59 -0400 X-BigFish: VPS-25(zz1432R98dR1805M936fK10d1Izz1202hzzz32i6bh6di43j61h) X-Spam-TCS-SCL: 0:0 X-FB-SS: 5, X-WSS-ID: 0KITJE8-02-4QJ-01 Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:06:12 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Greg KH CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/21] amd64_edac: EDAC module for AMD64 Message-ID: <20090428160612.GB7239@aftab> References: <1240931173-17477-1-git-send-email-borislav.petkov@amd.com> <20090428155852.GA9956@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090428155852.GA9956@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Apr 2009 16:06:12.0753 (UTC) FILETIME=[40701810:01C9C81B] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 08:58:52AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 05:05:52PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > hi Greg, > > > > I think you've already heard about this driver, so here is a first > > upstream submission request. It is quite sizable but partly the reason > > for it is that it handles ECC detection and reporting for all AMD > > K8, F10h and F11h families. It also implements DRAM error injection > > functionality, failing DIMM module detection and some other fun stuff > > found on F10h and later CPUs. > > > > We've been doing testing/bugfixing/scrubbing here for some time, have > > converted it to using kernel facilities and basically removed some slack > > from it like glue code due to it being maintained out-of-tree. Please > > take a look and let us know of any objections/comments you might have so > > that we could tackle them on time. > > At first glance, it looks sane to me. > > Want me to put it in my driver tree so it can show up in -next? Or is > there some other tree you want to use? -next should be just fine, let the code see some more testing :). Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Operating | Advanced Micro Devices GmbH System | Karl-Hammerschmidt-Str. 34, 85609 Dornach b. München, Germany Research | Geschäftsführer: Jochen Polster, Thomas M. McCoy, Giuliano Meroni Center | Sitz: Dornach, Gemeinde Aschheim, Landkreis München (OSRC) | Registergericht München, HRB Nr. 43632