> On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 15:12 +0800, Pavel Machek wrote: > > On Wed 2010-01-06 15:21:43, Huang Ying wrote: > > > On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 15:16 +0800, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > > > +The user interface of EINJ is in debug file system, under the > > > > > > +directory apei/einj. The following files are provided. > > > > > > + > > > > > > +- available_error_type > > > > > > + Read this file will return the error injection capability of the > > > > > > + platform, that is, which error types are supported. The error type > > > > > > + definition is as follow, the left field is the error type value, the > > > > > > + right field is error description. > > > > > > + > > > > > > + 0x00000001 Processor Correctable > > > > > > + 0x00000002 Processor Uncorrectable non-fatal > > > > > > + 0x00000004 Processor Uncorrectable fatal > > > > > > + 0x00000008 Memory Correctable > > > > > > + 0x00000010 Memory Uncorrectable non-fatal > > > > > > + 0x00000020 Memory Uncorrectable fatal > > > > > > + 0x00000040 PCI Express Correctable > > > > > > + 0x00000080 PCI Express Uncorrectable fatal > > > > > > + 0x00000100 PCI Express Uncorrectable non-fatal > > > > > > + 0x00000200 Platform Correctable > > > > > > + 0x00000400 Platform Uncorrectable non-fatal > > > > > > + 0x00000800 Platform Uncorrectable fatal > > > > > > + > > > > > > + The format of file contents are as above, except there are only the > > > > > > + available error type lines. > > > > > > > > Strange interface. Why not simply pass single integer -- the bit mask? > > > > Bit meanings are not going to change, anyway. > > > > > > I have used bit mask in previous versions. But I think this version has > > > better readability. > > > > Better usability for humans, but kernel interfaces are not for > > humans. Please revert to bit mask. > > I think this interface is for humans too. Maybe we can provide both bit > mask and human readable explanation as now. It sucks as a kernel interface. If you want nice interface for humans, create a script. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
