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From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de>
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To: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH x86 for review II] [18/39] x86_64: Allow to run a program when a machine check event is detected
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:54:15 +0100
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Am Montag, 12. Februar 2007 08:38 schrieb Andi Kleen:
> When a machine check event is detected (including a AMD RevF threshold 
> overflow event) allow to run a "trigger" program. This allows user space
> to react to such events sooner.

Could this not be merged with other reporting mechanisms? This looks like
a new incarnation of the /etc/hotplug code.

	Regards
		Oliver