Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752884AbdGSFzy (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jul 2017 01:55:54 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([5.9.137.197]:33520 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751683AbdGSFzu (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jul 2017 01:55:50 -0400 Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:55:44 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: "Kani, Toshimitsu" Cc: "tony.luck@intel.com" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "mchehab@kernel.org" , "rjw@rjwysocki.net" , "srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com" , "lenb@kernel.org" , "linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-edac@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ghes_edac: add platform check to enable ghes_edac Message-ID: <20170719055544.GE26030@nazgul.tnic> References: <20170717215912.26070-1-toshi.kani@hpe.com> <20170717215912.26070-4-toshi.kani@hpe.com> <20170718060007.GB8736@nazgul.tnic> <1500407379.2042.21.camel@hpe.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1500407379.2042.21.camel@hpe.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 808 Lines: 24 On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 07:58:54PM +0000, Kani, Toshimitsu wrote: > I have HPE Haswell and Skylake test systems with GHES, but they do not > hide IMCs from the OS. So, the sb_edac and skx_edac drivers get > attached on these systems when ghes_edac is disabled. That's how it is supposed to work. The platform drivers are the fallback, practically. But this is the important piece of info I was looking for - having GHES enabled in the firmware does not prevent the platform drivers from loading. But I think we have a better solution, the FF thing. > Hmm... what's the platform name of this box? I can look into this case > if you need. You can but that's not addressing the issue as a whole so it'll be a waste of time. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply. --