From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH x86 for review II] [18/39] x86_64: Allow to run a program when a machine check event is detected
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:04:43 +0100
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On Monday 12 February 2007 08:54, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Montag, 12. Februar 2007 08:38 schrieb Andi Kleen:
> > When a machine check event is detected (including a AMD RevF threshold 
> > overflow event) allow to run a "trigger" program. This allows user space
> > to react to such events sooner.
> 
> Could this not be merged with other reporting mechanisms? This looks like
> a new incarnation of the /etc/hotplug code.

I refuse to make mcelog depend on dbus. Just because some desktops want bloat
doesn't mean that everybody else wants too.

I don't know of any other lightweight mechanism except for this.

-Andi
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