From ace3647afb3eca214f6da5d653ad116ff77545b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chen Gong Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 15:28:11 -0700 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Tony Luck --- Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') 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. - param1 This file is used to set the first error parameter value. Effect of - parameter depends on error_type specified. + parameter depends on error_type specified. For example, if error + type is memory related type, the param1 should be a valid physical + memory address. - param2 This file is used to set the second error parameter value. Effect of - parameter depends on error_type specified. + parameter depends on error_type specified. For example, if error + type is memory related type, the param2 should be a physical memory + address mask. Linux requires page or narrower granularity, say, + 0xfffffffffffff000. - notrigger The EINJ mechanism is a two step process. First inject the error, then -- cgit v1.2.2