[Skiboot] [PATCH] SEL: Fix eSEL ID while logging eSEL event
Vasant Hegde
hegdevasant at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Mar 10 02:01:53 AEDT 2016
On 01/07/2016 11:18 AM, Vasant Hegde wrote:
> On 01/06/2016 10:46 AM, Stewart Smith wrote:
>> Vasant Hegde <hegdevasant at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>>> Commit 127a7dac added eSEL ID to SEL event in reverse order (0700 instead
>>> of 0007). This code fixes this issue by adding ID in proper order.
>>
>> This was back in skiboot-5.1.0-beta2 - which means we've shipped systems
>> producing these types of SEL events, so I don't think we can safely
>> change that now - we may well be stuck with it.
>
> Stewart,
>
> This is a bug I introduced in the first place :-( The way we represent eSEL ID
> is wrong. Also different than hostboot, OCC. Hence it will create confusions. So
> its better to fix it.
>
>>
>> Is there a way to do this in a way that's backwards compatible?
>>
>
> I can't think of a way to have backward compatible.
Stewart,
Oops .. Looks like I forgot to track couple of outstanding patches :-(
Any update on this patch?
-Vasant
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