From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964832AbVJMVVO (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:21:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964835AbVJMVVO (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:21:14 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:49109 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964832AbVJMVVN (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:21:13 -0400 Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 23:19:11 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Alan Cox Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] 1/2 EDAC (Core Code) Message-ID: <20051013211911.GA15477@elf.ucw.cz> References: <1129043623.23677.75.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1129043623.23677.75.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > This is a pair of patches that add the basic ECC and related chipset > handling to the kernel. Various "interesting" patches have kicked around > since Dan Hollis original work some years ago. Since then many people > have picked up the code and improved on it. > > The current code (bluesmoke.sf.net) has some very fancy NMI handling > features and other complex open issues with NMI during a PCI transaction > and the like. > > This code is a subset and the maintainer agrees this is the best > approach to merging. > > >From the original repository > > - 2.4 and other compatibility code removed > - Some commenting added > - A couple of 32bit isms cleaned up > - Move several drivers from pci_find to pci_get > - Remove all the NMI layer handling so that the code requires no core > changes > - Rename from bluesmoke to EDAC (Correct name for the whole field of ECC > and friends) to avoid confusion I'd say thta bluesmoke is *way* better name than EDAC. We don't need yet another ETLA. Pavel -- Thanks, Sharp!