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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-08-03 21:53:27 -1000
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-08-03 21:53:27 -1000
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Merge branch 'apei-release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6
* 'apei-release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6:
  ACPI, APEI, EINJ Param support is disabled by default
  APEI GHES: 32-bit buildfix
  ACPI: APEI build fix
  ACPI, APEI, GHES: Add hardware memory error recovery support
  HWPoison: add memory_failure_queue()
  ACPI, APEI, GHES, Error records content based throttle
  ACPI, APEI, GHES, printk support for recoverable error via NMI
  lib, Make gen_pool memory allocator lockless
  lib, Add lock-less NULL terminated single list
  Add Kconfig option ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
  ACPI, APEI, Add WHEA _OSC support
  ACPI, APEI, Add APEI bit support in generic _OSC call
  ACPI, APEI, GHES, Support disable GHES at boot time
  ACPI, APEI, GHES, Prevent GHES to be built as module
  ACPI, APEI, Use apei_exec_run_optional in APEI EINJ and ERST
  ACPI, APEI, Add apei_exec_run_optional
  ACPI, APEI, GHES, Do not ratelimit fatal error printk before panic
  ACPI, APEI, ERST, Fix erst-dbg long record reading issue
  ACPI, APEI, ERST, Prevent erst_dbg from loading if ERST is disabled
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt b/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt
index dfab71848dc8..5cc699ba5453 100644
--- a/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt
+++ b/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt
@@ -48,12 +48,19 @@ 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. For memory error, this is
-  physical memory address.
+  physical memory address.  Only available if param_extension module
+  parameter is specified.
 
 - param2
   This file is used to set the second error parameter value. Effect of
   parameter depends on error_type specified. For memory error, this is
-  physical memory address mask.
+  physical memory address mask.  Only available if param_extension
+  module parameter is specified.
+
+Injecting parameter support is a BIOS version specific extension, that
+is, it only works on some BIOS version.  If you want to use it, please
+make sure your BIOS version has the proper support and specify
+"param_extension=y" in module parameter.
 
 For more information about EINJ, please refer to ACPI specification
 version 4.0, section 17.5.