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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/edac/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/edac/Kconfig | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/edac/Kconfig b/drivers/edac/Kconfig index 66719925970..7e38e5e576e 100644 --- a/drivers/edac/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/edac/Kconfig @@ -80,6 +80,29 @@ config EDAC_MM_EDAC occurred so that a particular failing memory module can be replaced. If unsure, select 'Y'. +config EDAC_GHES + bool "Output ACPI APEI/GHES BIOS detected errors via EDAC" + depends on ACPI_APEI_GHES && (EDAC_MM_EDAC=y) + default y + help + Not all machines support hardware-driven error report. Some of those + provide a BIOS-driven error report mechanism via ACPI, using the + APEI/GHES driver. By enabling this option, the error reports provided + by GHES are sent to userspace via the EDAC API. + + When this option is enabled, it will disable the hardware-driven + mechanisms, if a GHES BIOS is detected, entering into the + "Firmware First" mode. + + It should be noticed that keeping both GHES and a hardware-driven + error mechanism won't work well, as BIOS will race with OS, while + reading the error registers. So, if you want to not use "Firmware + first" GHES error mechanism, you should disable GHES either at + compilation time or by passing "ghes.disable=1" Kernel parameter + at boot time. + + In doubt, say 'Y'. + config EDAC_AMD64 tristate "AMD64 (Opteron, Athlon64) K8, F10h" depends on EDAC_MM_EDAC && AMD_NB && X86_64 && EDAC_DECODE_MCE |