Re: [PATCH v22] edac, ras/hw_event.h: use events to handle hw issues

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Wed, 2012-05-16 at 15:16 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:

> > >>>>     Of course, any userspace tools meant to handle errors should not parse
> > >>>>     the above data. They should, instead, use the binary fields provided by
> > >>>>     the tracepoint, mapping them directly into their MIBs.
> > >>>
> > >>> What is a MIB?
> > >>
> > >> Management Information Base. This is how anyone that works with Element
> > >> Management calls the model of information that represents each management
> > >> property. It is generally written using ITU-T ASN.1 syntax. Almost all
> > >> management software use that.
> > >>
> > >> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_information_base
> > > 
> > > That looks like an ACPI or some other idiotic spec speak, pls remove it.
> > 
> > No, MIB is not an idiotic speak. It is a widely-used term, older than TCP/IP, 
> > and defined by ITU-T (M.3000 series) and by ISO.
> > 
> > It is used by everybody that knows a little bit about error management,
> > as all management systems and protocols (like SNMP) are based on MIB
> > concepts. This concept is also used by other international forums, like
> > IETF, to define the Information Model to be used to manage the machine
> > and/or network resources. For example, the TCP/IP stack management base
> > is defined at IETF RFC1213.
> 
> More idiotic drivel.
> 
> Oh, well, you won't let go of this crap, so at least add the wikipedia
> URL to the "MIB" reference so that mere mortals like me who don't know
> jack of error management can understand what you're talking about.

I should change goodmis to goodmib. That sounds better. For those that
don't know, goodmis comes from a project I started a long time ago. 

 Good Object Oriented Database Management Information System

Which was inspired by a database I wrote at a company I worked for in
the 90's. Called "Object Based Information v1" or OBI-1.

:-)

-- Steve