Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | [RFC PATCH 1/4] RAS: Add a menuconfig option with descriptive text | Date | Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:40:25 +0200 |
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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Text taken a previous patch from "Gong Chen" <gong.chen@linux.intel.com>.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Gong Chen <gong.chen@linux.intel.com> --- drivers/ras/Kconfig | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/ras/Kconfig b/drivers/ras/Kconfig index f9da613052c2..d6ddf1267a7f 100644 --- a/drivers/ras/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ras/Kconfig @@ -1,2 +1,32 @@ -config RAS - bool +menuconfig RAS + bool "Reliability, Availability, Serviceability features" + help + Reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) is a computer + hardware engineering term. Computers designed with higher levels + of RAS have a multitude of features that protect data integrity + and help them stay available for long periods of time without + failure. + + Reliability can be defined as the probability that the system will + produce correct outputs up to some given time. Reliability is + enhanced by features that help to avoid, detect and repair hardware + faults. + + Availability is the probability a system is operational at a given + time, i.e. the amount of time a device is actually operating as the + percentage of total time it should be operating. + + Serviceability or maintainability is the simplicity and speed with + which a system can be repaired or maintained; if the time to repair + a failed system increases, then availability will decrease. + + Note that Reliability and Availability are distinct concepts: + Reliability is a measure of the ability of a system to function + correctly, including avoiding data corruption, whereas Availability + measures how often it is available for use, even though it may not + be functioning correctly. For example, a server may run forever and + so have ideal availability, but may be unreliable, with frequent + data corruption. + +if RAS +endif -- 2.5.0.rc2.28.g6003e7f
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