From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759185Ab2EPN15 (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2012 09:27:57 -0400 Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.122]:26880 "EHLO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751753Ab2EPN1x (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2012 09:27:53 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=D8PF24tj c=1 sm=0 a=ZycB6UtQUfgMyuk2+PxD7w==:17 a=XQbtiDEiEegA:10 a=g_LhDMiRcOYA:10 a=5SG0PmZfjMsA:10 a=Q9fys5e9bTEA:10 a=8pif782wAAAA:8 a=Dyvoxc0TmwaqMlCFGBIA:9 a=pMqmfDVYBsvYamM696wA:7 a=PUjeQqilurYA:10 a=ZycB6UtQUfgMyuk2+PxD7w==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 74.67.80.29 Message-ID: <1337174871.6724.40.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v22] edac, ras/hw_event.h: use events to handle hw issues From: Steven Rostedt To: Borislav Petkov Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , "Luck, Tony" , Linux Edac Mailing List , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Doug Thompson , Frederic Weisbecker , Ingo Molnar Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 09:27:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20120516131656.GA2202@aftab.osrc.amd.com> References: <20120511102527.GI8913@aftab.osrc.amd.com> <4FAD081C.5000704@redhat.com> <20120511172430.GB17299@aftab.osrc.amd.com> <4FAD5CAD.90508@redhat.com> <20120514133404.GE4231@aftab.osrc.amd.com> <4FB1163D.3010302@redhat.com> <20120515150957.GC27806@aftab.osrc.amd.com> <4FB27EDC.8040001@redhat.com> <20120515163855.GE27806@aftab.osrc.amd.com> <4FB38DDF.7030009@redhat.com> <20120516131656.GA2202@aftab.osrc.amd.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.2-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.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