Re: [PATCH v5 10/16] x86/mce: enable Hygon support to MCE infrastructure

Borislav Petkov
2018-09-05T13:15:37Z

On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 08:59:24PM +0800, Pu Wen wrote:
> If CONFIG_X86_MCE_AMD=n, mce_hygon_feature_init will call the other
> one mce_amd_feature_init which is a null function and located in the
> else branch of "#ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE_AMD". The compilation is OK and
> the kernel will run without MCE support.

So my question was rather ironic but I guess irony can't travel through
mail. So let me paraphrase: is that a use case you wanna support?
Because I'd advise very strongly against !MCE kernels.

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Boris.

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