Re: [PATCH 3/3] ghes_edac: add platform check to enable ghes_edac

From: Kani, Toshimitsu
Date: Thu Jul 20 2017 - 10:43:04 EST


On Thu, 2017-07-20 at 06:16 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 04:56:17PM +0000, Kani, Toshimitsu wrote:
> > Since ghes_edac has not been used for a long time, I have a feeling
> > that not so many vendors want to use it.ÂÂIn the case of HPE, we do
> > not need to update with each platform since "HPE" "Server" will
> > cover all platforms we need.
>
> Does the apei_osc_setup() detection with the uuid work on HP systems?

Yes, the following message is shown on HP systems. Please note that
WHEA is a Windows-defined interface.

"GHES: APEI firmware first mode is enabled by APEI bit and WHEA _OSC."

Thanks,
-Toshi