Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753434AbdGUNr1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jul 2017 09:47:27 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([5.9.137.197]:33978 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751760AbdGUNrZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jul 2017 09:47:25 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:47:15 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: "Kani, Toshimitsu" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "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: <20170721134715.GC5036@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> <20170721133441.GB5036@nazgul.tnic> <20170721104001.3cd2b884@vento.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170721104001.3cd2b884@vento.lan> 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: 668 Lines: 19 On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 10:40:01AM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > What happens when the error can be corrected? Does it still report it to > userspace, or just silently hide the error? > > If I remember well about a past discussion with some vendor, I was told > that the firmware can hide some errors from being reported. Is it > still the case? I've heard the same thing but I have no idea what they're actually doing. But it would make sense because the intention is not to worry users unnecessarily if it can hide the error and if there are no adverse consequences from it. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply. --