Re: [PATCH] acpi/apei/erst: Remove "Error" from initialization and disable output

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On 7/18/2017 1:26 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 08:21:23PM -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
The word "Error" is used by many QA groups and users as a keyword to
indicate that there is a critical failure during system bootup. The ESRT
code would interact better with these scripts

... which is a thinly veiled way of saying: my scripts can't
differentiate between an error being reported and the word "error" so
let's "fix" the kernel.

Jeez. Fix your scripts instead.

I'll risk exposing myself to ridicule by agreeing with Prarit.

Most ACPI tables are referenced by their 4 letter abbreviations
anyway so this seems like a simple and helpful change, consistent
with other ACPI table references.

-- ljk
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