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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-07-02 16:30:46 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-07-02 16:30:46 -0700 |
| commit | 3045f94a20cc54e3e5b20a843701eeab86f57163 (patch) | |
| tree | 3f5e4fd6ed396f73ce2120a22ce93df94163fadb /Documentation | |
| parent | 52e8ad9066b57510e600acc4bbc4455a81732c6c (diff) | |
| parent | fb476cffd5e345434c03f3c0e82a7e8d87f98ab0 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'x86-ras-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 RAS update from Ingo Molnar:
"The changes in this tree are:
- ACPI APEI (ACPI Platform Error Interface) improvements, by Chen
Gong
- misc MCE fixes/cleanups"
* 'x86-ras-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/mce: Update MCE severity condition check
mce: acpi/apei: Add comments to clarify usage of the various bitfields in the MCA subsystem
ACPI/APEI: Update einj documentation for param1/param2
ACPI/APEI: Add parameter check before error injection
ACPI, APEI, EINJ: Fix error return code in einj_init()
x86, mce: Fix "braodcast" typo
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt b/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt index e20b6daaced4..a58b63da1a36 100644 --- a/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt +++ b/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt @@ -47,11 +47,16 @@ directory apei/einj. The following files are provided. - param1 This file is used to set the first error parameter value. Effect of - parameter depends on error_type specified. + parameter depends on error_type specified. For example, if error + type is memory related type, the param1 should be a valid physical + memory address. - param2 This file is used to set the second error parameter value. Effect of - parameter depends on error_type specified. + parameter depends on error_type specified. For example, if error + type is memory related type, the param2 should be a physical memory + address mask. Linux requires page or narrower granularity, say, + 0xfffffffffffff000. - notrigger The EINJ mechanism is a two step process. First inject the error, then |