edac_mce: Add an interface driver to report mce errors via edac

edac_mce module is an interface module that gets mcelog data and
forwards to any registered edac module that expects to receive data via
mce.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/edac/Kconfig b/drivers/edac/Kconfig
index 391ddbfb2a3..5b7fbc5aec8 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/edac/Kconfig
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ config EDAC_MM_EDAC
           occurred so that a particular failing memory module can be
           replaced.  If unsure, select 'Y'.
 
+config EDAC_MCE
+        tristate
+
 config EDAC_AMD64
         tristate "AMD64 (Opteron, Athlon64) K8, F10h, F11h"
         depends on EDAC_MM_EDAC && K8_NB && X86_64 && PCI && EDAC_DECODE_MCE
@@ -169,9 +172,12 @@ config EDAC_I5400
 config EDAC_I7CORE
         tristate "Intel i7 Core (Nehalem) processors"
         depends on EDAC_MM_EDAC && PCI && X86
+        select EDAC_MCE
         help
           Support for error detection and correction the Intel
-          i7 Core (Nehalem) Integrated Memory Controller
+          i7 Core (Nehalem) Integrated Memory Controller that exists on
+          newer processors like i7 Core, i7 Core Extreme, Xeon 35xx
+          and Xeon 55xx processors.
 
 config EDAC_I82860
         tristate "Intel 82860"