1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 8317ec4b9f3b..3bf740bb069e 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -247,6 +247,13 @@ extern struct pid *session_of_pgrp(struct pid *pgrp);
 #define FW_WARN         "[Firmware Warn]: "
 #define FW_INFO         "[Firmware Info]: "
 
+/*
+ * HW_ERR
+ * Add this to a message for hardware errors, so that user can report
+ * it to hardware vendor instead of LKML or software vendor.
+ */
+#define HW_ERR          "[Hardware Error]: "
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
 asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
         __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 0)));