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author | Chen Gong <gong.chen@linux.intel.com> | 2013-06-06 18:28:11 -0400 |
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committer | Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> | 2013-06-06 18:28:11 -0400 |
commit | ace3647afb3eca214f6da5d653ad116ff77545b6 (patch) | |
tree | a583a82d2eec6bd044064ae9d02251a455e6af29 /Documentation/acpi/apei | |
parent | c5a130325f13b219438cb100e2da71a3e31199f3 (diff) |
ACPI/APEI: Update einj documentation for param1/param2
To ensure EINJ working well when injecting errors via EINJ
table, add some restrictions: param1 must be a valid physical
RAM address and param2 must specify page granularity or
narrower.
Signed-off-by: Chen Gong <gong.chen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/acpi/apei')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt b/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt index e20b6daaced4..a58b63da1a36 100644 --- a/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt +++ b/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt | |||
@@ -47,11 +47,16 @@ directory apei/einj. The following files are provided. | |||
47 | 47 | ||
48 | - param1 | 48 | - param1 |
49 | This file is used to set the first error parameter value. Effect of | 49 | This file is used to set the first error parameter value. Effect of |
50 | parameter depends on error_type specified. | 50 | parameter depends on error_type specified. For example, if error |
51 | type is memory related type, the param1 should be a valid physical | ||
52 | memory address. | ||
51 | 53 | ||
52 | - param2 | 54 | - param2 |
53 | This file is used to set the second error parameter value. Effect of | 55 | This file is used to set the second error parameter value. Effect of |
54 | parameter depends on error_type specified. | 56 | parameter depends on error_type specified. For example, if error |
57 | type is memory related type, the param2 should be a physical memory | ||
58 | address mask. Linux requires page or narrower granularity, say, | ||
59 | 0xfffffffffffff000. | ||
55 | 60 | ||
56 | - notrigger | 61 | - notrigger |
57 | The EINJ mechanism is a two step process. First inject the error, then | 62 | The EINJ mechanism is a two step process. First inject the error, then |