Re: Extended H/W error log driver

From: Naveen N. Rao
Date: Tue Oct 15 2013 - 15:11:11 EST


On 2013/10/15 09:15AM, Tony Luck wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > We can even add a hint for the user like:
> >
> > "Above errors have been corrected by the hardware and require no further action."
> >
> > Btw, this is valid for both dmesg and trace event output.
> >
> > Because from my experience so far people just scream: "Look, I just had
> > an MCE" withot even reading what it says. And this just upsets support
> > people for no valid reason at all.
>
> "Like", "+1", "metoo" ... or whatever it is we do on LKML to indicate
> we approve.

+2 ;)

While at it, I wonder if we're better off calling these "Hardware
events" rather than "Hardware errors".


Thanks,
Naveen

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