Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 May 2011 08:45:05 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86, mce: Have MCE persistent event off by default for now |
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* Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org> wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com> > > This is new functionality and it affects all of x86 so we want to be > very conservative about it and have it off by default for now, in case > something goes awry. You can always enable it by supplying "ras" on the > kernel command line. > > Also, depending on whether it is enabled or not, we emit the tracepoint > from a different place in the code to pick up additional decoded info. > > Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com> > --- > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 ++ > arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h | 1 + > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > drivers/edac/mce_amd.c | 5 +++++ > 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
the boot flag is fine - but please keep it enabled by default if MCE support is enabled in the .config, we do not chicken out when it comes to testing new code! :-)
Thanks,
Ingo
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