Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] EDAC, skx_edac: Detect non-volatile DIMMs

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On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 12:03:37PM -0800, Luck, Tony wrote:
> I could. But what happens when someone ends up on a system with
> an edac driver configured without ACPI_NFIT that does have NVDIMMs?

Same thing when you land on a system with a kernel where the driver for
a piece of hw is not enabled. I mean, this won't be an issue on distros
as there *everything* is enabled but for tailored configs, where people
want skx_edac but don't need the nvdimm part.

> I can make a stub version of nfit_get_smbios_id() that returns some
> error code ... and have the EDAC driver report size==0.
> 
> Would that be OK?

Sure, thanks!

> /me finds that the "Enter" key on his keyboard will put in a newline.
> Hurrah! now I don't have to copy/paste them from Boris.

Cheers! :-)))

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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