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-rw-r--r--drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c b/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c
index dd45cff02388..ca1d63aa4e59 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c
@@ -2629,7 +2629,6 @@ static void restore_ecc_error_reporting(struct ecc_settings *s, u16 nid,
{
u32 value, mask = 0x3; /* UECC/CECC enable */
-
if (!s->nbctl_valid)
return;
@@ -2895,7 +2894,11 @@ static int probe_one_instance(unsigned int nid)
if (!ecc_enable_override)
goto err_enable;
- amd64_warn("Forcing ECC on!\n");
+ if (boot_cpu_data.x86 >= 0x17) {
+ amd64_warn("Forcing ECC on is not recommended on newer systems. Please enable ECC in BIOS.");
+ goto err_enable;
+ } else
+ amd64_warn("Forcing ECC on!\n");
if (!enable_ecc_error_reporting(s, nid, F3))
goto err_enable;
@@ -2904,7 +2907,9 @@ static int probe_one_instance(unsigned int nid)
ret = init_one_instance(nid);
if (ret < 0) {
amd64_err("Error probing instance: %d\n", nid);
- restore_ecc_error_reporting(s, nid, F3);
+
+ if (boot_cpu_data.x86 < 0x17)
+ restore_ecc_error_reporting(s, nid, F3);
}
return ret;