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SubjectRe: EDAC-AMD64: what is the ecc_msg good for ?
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On 11.01.2018 00:12, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 12:06:49AM +0100, Gabriel C wrote:
>> while doing some testings with a EPYC box I notice
>> these strange messages when a Node is disabled.
>>
>> I really do think the message is confusing since
>> we tell 'Node X: ... disabled' followed by a
>> INFO on the edac driver which tells the driver will not load.
>
> And that is confusing because?

Beacuse we see the following:

[ 4.694948] EDAC amd64: Node 6: DRAM ECC disabled.
[ 4.694949] EDAC amd64: ECC disabled in the BIOS or no ECC capability, module will not load.
Either enable ECC checking or force module loading by setting 'ecc_enable_override'.
(Note that use of the override may cause unknown side effects.)

The first one tells the Node is disabled the second is a
KERN INFO message telling the *module* will not load.

Telling then *module* will not load for 'this Node' should be clear for everone.

Don't get me wrong for me is clear what this means , I don't need the
second message at all but I have here folks didn't understand wth that means.

>
>> Also even worse , we suggest to use ecc_enable_override then,
>> which can cause wrose things.. We really should not suggest
>> something like this by default.
>
> That is an remnant from the old times. Family 0x17 and newer doesn't
> allow that anymore.
>

So do we need an < fam17h check for that message then ?

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