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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>,
	"linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI, APEI, Add APEI _OSC support
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:42:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110617014213.GA30826@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DFAB081.6050800@intel.com>

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 09:40:17AM +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> On 06/17/2011 09:34 AM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > If the kernel has been configured with support for the feature then I 
> > think we ought to be able to assume that the kernel will support it at 
> > runtime.
> 
> There may be error during driver initialization.  That is what I am
> concerned.

That's true of any _OSC functionality.

> >> So I think we can do that in 2 steps.  At first, we just enable WHEA
> >> UUID, because that is easier to do.  Then we find a way to implement
> >> "APEI bit" in generic _OSC call.  Do you think that is a good idea?
> > 
> > I'm fine with that, providing that GHES isn't disabled purely because 
> > the WHEA UUID call wasn't successful.
> 
> Because we have not added the code to make generic _OSC call with "APEI
> bit" now, so if WHEA UUID call failed, we have no firmware first mode
> enabled.  So I think it is safe to disable GHES if WHEA UUID call
> failed.  But in another hand, keeping GHES has no harm too.  So I am OK
> to keep GHES if WHEA UUID call failed.

I see your point. But this does need to be fixed in the long run.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org

  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-17  1:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-25  6:05 [PATCH] ACPI, APEI, Add APEI _OSC support Huang Ying
2011-06-13 14:50 ` Don Zickus
2011-06-14  6:33   ` Chen Gong
2011-06-14 12:11     ` Don Zickus
2011-06-14 14:52 ` Matthew Garrett
2011-06-15  3:53   ` Huang Ying
2011-06-15 12:17     ` Matthew Garrett
2011-06-16  0:40       ` Huang Ying
2011-06-16  1:38         ` Matthew Garrett
2011-06-16  1:55           ` Huang Ying
2011-06-16  1:57             ` Matthew Garrett
2011-06-17  0:57               ` Huang Ying
2011-06-17  1:34                 ` Matthew Garrett
2011-06-17  1:40                   ` Huang Ying
2011-06-17  1:42                     ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2011-06-17  1:53                       ` Huang Ying
2011-06-16  9:00           ` Rafael J. Wysocki

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