On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:11:27PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > - Two, the Generic Error Data Entry (aka UEFI Section Descriptor) has a
> > flag which indicates 'Error Threshold Exceeded'. From the UEFI spec, it
> > looks like we could consider this as an indication to offline the page;
> > though I am not sure if/how this relates to the threshold value above.
>
> This one sounds to make sense ... the flag description sounds exactly what
> we want - I won't feel embarrassed explaining to people why Linux takes
> action when it sees a record like this.
Yep, and firmware can set that flag when it wants to, so decision when
to offline a page is left to the platform.
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