[PATCH 5/8] x86/mce/AMD: Reduce number of blocks scanned per bank

2016-01-25 Thread Borislav Petkov
From: Aravind Gopalakrishnan >From Fam17h onwards, the number of extended MCx_MISC register blocks is reduced to 4. It is an architectural change from what we had on earlier processors. Although theoritically the total number of extended MCx_MISC registers was 8 in earlier processor families,

[PATCH 5/8] x86/mce/AMD: Reduce number of blocks scanned per bank

2016-01-25 Thread Borislav Petkov
From: Aravind Gopalakrishnan >From Fam17h onwards, the number of extended MCx_MISC register blocks is reduced to 4. It is an architectural change from what we had on earlier processors. Although theoritically the total number of extended MCx_MISC registers was 8