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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 8/8] ACPI / trace: Add trace interface for eMCA driver
    Em Wed, 16 Oct 2013 20:35:32 +0000
    "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> escreveu:

    > > Are there any changes with regards to that, like some enforcement policy
    > > for BIOS manufacturers to make it right?
    >
    > I am using a cricket bat to beat BIOS teams that implement eMCA to make
    > sure they get the labels in SMBIOS right. :-)

    :)

    > It's a non-trivial implementation effort to get all the decoding done for
    > the eMCA log. It's typically a simple string change to fix the SMBIOS
    > table ... there has been some resistance - but so far I have been victorious.
    > Wish me luck as I'm about to engage with another team.

    Yes, the DMI changes are trivial. Let's hope that they'll do it right.

    Yet, I think we should keep (at least for a while) a mechanism similar to
    what EDAC does, allowing those names to be overridden by loading a different
    table, where needed.

    Regards,
    Mauro


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