Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752873AbdGUNet (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jul 2017 09:34:49 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([5.9.137.197]:33464 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750762AbdGUNer (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jul 2017 09:34:47 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:34:41 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: "Kani, Toshimitsu" Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "mchehab@s-opensource.com" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "mchehab@kernel.org" , "rjw@rjwysocki.net" , "srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com" , "tony.luck@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: <20170721133441.GB5036@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> <20170718181545.32bd9181@vento.lan> <1500481869.2042.29.camel@hpe.com> <20170720043344.GC14367@nazgul.tnic> <1500579646.2042.37.camel@hpe.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1500579646.2042.37.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: 644 Lines: 20 On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 07:50:03PM +0000, Kani, Toshimitsu wrote: > GHES / firmware-first still requires OS recovery actions when an error > cannot be corrected by the platform. They are handled by ghes_proc(), > and ghes_edac remains its error-reporting wrapper. I mean all the recovery actions the firmware does because it gets to see the error first. Otherwise, Firmware First is the the dumbest repeater layer in the history of layers. > Firmware has better knowledge about the platform and can provide better > RAS when implemented properly. s/when/if/ -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply. --