Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 13:46:56 -0500
From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Bryce Nesbitt <bryce1@obviously.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix ECC error counting for AMD76x chipset, char/ecc.c driver
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On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 10:26:21AM -0800, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
 > Summary:
 > * Patch is relevant to driver "char/ecc.c", for the AMD76x Athlon chipset.
 > 
 > * Note: this module is often not installed by default: do "modprobe ecc"
 > then "cat /proc/ram" to check your ECC memory for detected soft errors.
 > * Patch is against Linux-2.6.13, the last kernel I could find with ecc.c
 > * Tabs suck.
 > 
 > I am an infrequent contributor, and did not find a matching entry in the
 > ./MAINTAINERS file.  Please help me to understand the proper procedure
 > for submitting this patch.  I understand that perhaps ecc.c is changing
 > soon.  So maybe it's not the most important patch, but it does fix a
 > real bug, and is quite simple.

drivers/char/ecc.c only lives in various vendor kernels.

you may want to check if your patch is relevant to the edac
code present in -mm though.

		Dave

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