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From: Robert Richter <rrichter@marvell.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>,
	"Mauro Carvalho Chehab" <mchehab@kernel.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: "linux-edac@vger.kernel.org" <linux-edac@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Robert Richter <rrichter@marvell.com>,
	"linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 23/24] EDAC, Documentation: Describe CPER module definition and DIMM ranks
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 15:09:42 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190624150758.6695-24-rrichter@marvell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190624150758.6695-1-rrichter@marvell.com>

Update on CPER DIMM naming convention and DIMM ranks.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@marvell.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst
index c7495e42e6f4..4e2a01c77a9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst
@@ -330,9 +330,12 @@ There can be multiple csrows and multiple channels.
 
 .. [#f4] Nowadays, the term DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) is widely
   used to refer to a memory module, although there are other memory
-  packaging alternatives, like SO-DIMM, SIMM, etc. Along this document,
-  and inside the EDAC system, the term "dimm" is used for all memory
-  modules, even when they use a different kind of packaging.
+  packaging alternatives, like SO-DIMM, SIMM, etc. The UEFI
+  specification (Version 2.7) defines a memory module in the Common
+  Platform Error Record (CPER) section to be an SMBIOS Memory Device
+  (Type 17). Along this document, and inside the EDAC system, the term
+  "dimm" is used for all memory modules, even when they use a
+  different kind of packaging.
 
 Memory controllers allow for several csrows, with 8 csrows being a
 typical value. Yet, the actual number of csrows depends on the layout of
@@ -349,12 +352,14 @@ controllers. The following example will assume 2 channels:
 	|            |  ``ch0``  |  ``ch1``  |
 	+============+===========+===========+
 	| ``csrow0`` |  DIMM_A0  |  DIMM_B0  |
-	+------------+           |           |
-	| ``csrow1`` |           |           |
+	|            |   rank0   |   rank0   |
+	+------------+     -     |     -     |
+	| ``csrow1`` |   rank1   |   rank1   |
 	+------------+-----------+-----------+
 	| ``csrow2`` |  DIMM_A1  | DIMM_B1   |
-	+------------+           |           |
-	| ``csrow3`` |           |           |
+	|            |   rank0   |   rank0   |
+	+------------+     -     |     -     |
+	| ``csrow3`` |   rank1   |   rank1   |
 	+------------+-----------+-----------+
 
 In the above example, there are 4 physical slots on the motherboard
@@ -374,11 +379,13 @@ which the memory DIMM is placed. Thus, when 1 DIMM is placed in each
 Channel, the csrows cross both DIMMs.
 
 Memory DIMMs come single or dual "ranked". A rank is a populated csrow.
-Thus, 2 single ranked DIMMs, placed in slots DIMM_A0 and DIMM_B0 above
-will have just one csrow (csrow0). csrow1 will be empty. On the other
-hand, when 2 dual ranked DIMMs are similarly placed, then both csrow0
-and csrow1 will be populated. The pattern repeats itself for csrow2 and
-csrow3.
+In the example above 2 dual ranked DIMMs are similarly placed. Thus,
+both csrow0 and csrow1 are populated. On the other hand, when 2 single
+ranked DIMMs are placed in slots DIMM_A0 and DIMM_B0, then they will
+have just one csrow (csrow0) and csrow1 will be empty. The pattern
+repeats itself for csrow2 and csrow3. Also note that some memory
+controller doesn't have any logic to identify the memory module, see
+``rankX`` directories below.
 
 The representation of the above is reflected in the directory
 tree in EDAC's sysfs interface. Starting in directory
-- 
2.20.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-06-24 15:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-06-24 15:08 [PATCH v2 00/24] EDAC, mc, ghes: Fixes and updates to improve memory error reporting Robert Richter
2019-06-24 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 01/24] EDAC, mc: Fix grain_bits calculation Robert Richter
2019-08-03 10:08   ` Borislav Petkov
2019-06-24 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 02/24] EDAC, ghes: Fix grain calculation Robert Richter
2019-08-09 13:15   ` Borislav Petkov
2019-08-12  6:42     ` Robert Richter
2019-08-12  7:32       ` Borislav Petkov
2019-08-12 12:05         ` Robert Richter
2019-08-12 12:38           ` Borislav Petkov
2019-06-24 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 03/24] EDAC, ghes: Remove pvt->detail_location string Robert Richter
2019-08-02 17:04   ` James Morse
2019-08-07  9:00     ` Robert Richter
2019-08-13  8:09   ` Borislav Petkov
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 04/24] EDAC, ghes: Unify trace_mc_event() code with edac_mc driver Robert Richter
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 05/24] EDAC, mc: Fix and improve sysfs init functions Robert Richter
2019-08-13  8:26   ` Borislav Petkov
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 06/24] EDAC: Kill EDAC_DIMM_PTR() macro Robert Richter
2019-08-13 14:59   ` Borislav Petkov
2019-08-27 12:20     ` Robert Richter
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 07/24] EDAC: Kill EDAC_DIMM_OFF() macro Robert Richter
2019-08-14 14:52   ` Borislav Petkov
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 08/24] EDAC: Introduce mci_for_each_dimm() iterator Robert Richter
2019-08-14 15:18   ` Borislav Petkov
2019-08-28  8:18     ` Robert Richter
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 09/24] EDAC, mc: Cleanup _edac_mc_free() code Robert Richter
2019-08-14 16:31   ` Borislav Petkov
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 10/24] EDAC, mc: Remove per layer counters Robert Richter
2019-08-16  9:24   ` Borislav Petkov
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 11/24] EDAC, mc: Rework edac_raw_mc_handle_error() to use struct dimm_info Robert Richter
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 12/24] EDAC, ghes: Use standard kernel macros for page calculations Robert Richter
2019-08-02 17:04   ` James Morse
2019-08-07  9:52     ` Robert Richter
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 13/24] EDAC, ghes: Add support for legacy API counters Robert Richter
2019-08-16  9:55   ` Borislav Petkov
2019-08-30  9:35     ` Robert Richter
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 14/24] EDAC, ghes: Rework memory hierarchy detection Robert Richter
2019-08-20  8:56   ` Borislav Petkov
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 15/24] EDAC, ghes: Extract numa node information for each dimm Robert Richter
2019-08-02 17:05   ` James Morse
2019-08-09 13:09     ` Robert Richter
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 16/24] EDAC, ghes: Moving code around ghes_edac_register() Robert Richter
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 17/24] EDAC, ghes: Create one memory controller device per node Robert Richter
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 18/24] EDAC, ghes: Fill sysfs with the DMI DIMM label information Robert Richter
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 19/24] EDAC, mc: Introduce edac_mc_alloc_by_dimm() for per dimm allocation Robert Richter
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 20/24] EDAC, ghes: Identify dimm by node, card, module and handle Robert Richter
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 21/24] EDAC, ghes: Enable per-layer reporting based on card/module Robert Richter
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 22/24] EDAC, ghes: Move struct member smbios_handle to struct ghes_dimm_info Robert Richter
2019-06-24 15:09 ` Robert Richter [this message]
2019-06-24 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 24/24] EDAC, ghes: Disable legacy API for ARM64 Robert Richter
2019-06-26  9:33   ` James Morse
2019-06-26 10:11     ` Robert Richter
2019-08-02  7:58 ` [PATCH v2 00/24] EDAC, mc, ghes: Fixes and updates to improve memory error reporting Robert Richter

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