Re: [PATCH v2 24/24] EDAC, ghes: Disable legacy API for ARM64

Robert Richter
2019-06-26T10:12:14Z

On 26.06.19 10:33:39, James Morse wrote:
> On 24/06/2019 16:09, Robert Richter wrote:
> > James Morse: "I'm all for removing/warning-its-broken it when
> > ghes_edac is in use."
>
> Thanks for taking that out of context. The very next word was 'but':
> http://lore.kernel.org/r/c08290d8-3690-efa9-3bc7-37f8b1fdbfd4@arm.com
>
> followed by details of the user-space that is still using this.
>
>
> > Let's just disable legacy API for the ghes driver on arm64. Though, I
> > don't agree with it as there still could be some userland tools that
>
> Not could. Are. Someone went and found them for you.
>
>
> > use this interface that cannot be used any longer after a transition
> > from x86 to arm64.

Ok, thanks for clarifying.

-Robert