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

From: Kani, Toshimitsu
Date: Fri Jul 21 2017 - 11:35:47 EST


On Fri, 2017-07-21 at 17:13 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 03:08:41PM +0000, Kani, Toshimitsu wrote:
> > Yes, that is correct.ÂÂCorrected errors are reported to the OS when
> > they exceeded the platform's threshold.
>
> Are those thresholds user-configurable?

I suppose it'd depend on vendors, but I do not think users can do it
properly unless they have depth knowledge about the hardware.

> If not, what are you telling users who want to see *every* corrected
> error for measuring DIMM wear and so on...?

Corrected errors are normal and expected to occur on healthy hardware.
They do not need user's attention until they repeatedly occurred at a
same place.

Thanks,
-Toshi