Re: x86/mce merge, integration hickup + crash, design thoughts

[Andi Kleen]

> From my point of view: a single, consistent, easy logging interface
> for the kernel to send *structured data* about hardware/system events
> and errors up to userspace.

Which kinds of events were you thinking of?

So far we managed by cramming some other CPU events like thermal
trip into "pseudo banks" in struct mce. Admittedly it's not the
most pretty solution in the world, but it worked.

-Andi
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