From 849369d6c66d3054688672f97d31fceb8e8230fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: root <root@artemis.panaceas.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 04:40:36 +0000
Subject: initial_commit

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+                     APEI output format
+                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+APEI uses printk as hardware error reporting interface, the output
+format is as follow.
+
+<error record> :=
+APEI generic hardware error status
+severity: <integer>, <severity string>
+section: <integer>, severity: <integer>, <severity string>
+flags: <integer>
+<section flags strings>
+fru_id: <uuid string>
+fru_text: <string>
+section_type: <section type string>
+<section data>
+
+<severity string>* := recoverable | fatal | corrected | info
+
+<section flags strings># :=
+[primary][, containment warning][, reset][, threshold exceeded]\
+[, resource not accessible][, latent error]
+
+<section type string> := generic processor error | memory error | \
+PCIe error | unknown, <uuid string>
+
+<section data> :=
+<generic processor section data> | <memory section data> | \
+<pcie section data> | <null>
+
+<generic processor section data> :=
+[processor_type: <integer>, <proc type string>]
+[processor_isa: <integer>, <proc isa string>]
+[error_type: <integer>
+<proc error type strings>]
+[operation: <integer>, <proc operation string>]
+[flags: <integer>
+<proc flags strings>]
+[level: <integer>]
+[version_info: <integer>]
+[processor_id: <integer>]
+[target_address: <integer>]
+[requestor_id: <integer>]
+[responder_id: <integer>]
+[IP: <integer>]
+
+<proc type string>* := IA32/X64 | IA64
+
+<proc isa string>* := IA32 | IA64 | X64
+
+<processor error type strings># :=
+[cache error][, TLB error][, bus error][, micro-architectural error]
+
+<proc operation string>* := unknown or generic | data read | data write | \
+instruction execution
+
+<proc flags strings># :=
+[restartable][, precise IP][, overflow][, corrected]
+
+<memory section data> :=
+[error_status: <integer>]
+[physical_address: <integer>]
+[physical_address_mask: <integer>]
+[node: <integer>]
+[card: <integer>]
+[module: <integer>]
+[bank: <integer>]
+[device: <integer>]
+[row: <integer>]
+[column: <integer>]
+[bit_position: <integer>]
+[requestor_id: <integer>]
+[responder_id: <integer>]
+[target_id: <integer>]
+[error_type: <integer>, <mem error type string>]
+
+<mem error type string>* :=
+unknown | no error | single-bit ECC | multi-bit ECC | \
+single-symbol chipkill ECC | multi-symbol chipkill ECC | master abort | \
+target abort | parity error | watchdog timeout | invalid address | \
+mirror Broken | memory sparing | scrub corrected error | \
+scrub uncorrected error
+
+<pcie section data> :=
+[port_type: <integer>, <pcie port type string>]
+[version: <integer>.<integer>]
+[command: <integer>, status: <integer>]
+[device_id: <integer>:<integer>:<integer>.<integer>
+slot: <integer>
+secondary_bus: <integer>
+vendor_id: <integer>, device_id: <integer>
+class_code: <integer>]
+[serial number: <integer>, <integer>]
+[bridge: secondary_status: <integer>, control: <integer>]
+[aer_status: <integer>, aer_mask: <integer>
+<aer status string>
+[aer_uncor_severity: <integer>]
+aer_layer=<aer layer string>, aer_agent=<aer agent string>
+aer_tlp_header: <integer> <integer> <integer> <integer>]
+
+<pcie port type string>* := PCIe end point | legacy PCI end point | \
+unknown | unknown | root port | upstream switch port | \
+downstream switch port | PCIe to PCI/PCI-X bridge | \
+PCI/PCI-X to PCIe bridge | root complex integrated endpoint device | \
+root complex event collector
+
+if section severity is fatal or recoverable
+<aer status string># :=
+unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Data Link Protocol | \
+unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
+Poisoned TLP | Flow Control Protocol | Completion Timeout | \
+Completer Abort | Unexpected Completion | Receiver Overflow | \
+Malformed TLP | ECRC | Unsupported Request
+else
+<aer status string># :=
+Receiver Error | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
+Bad TLP | Bad DLLP | RELAY_NUM Rollover | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
+Replay Timer Timeout | Advisory Non-Fatal
+fi
+
+<aer layer string> :=
+Physical Layer | Data Link Layer | Transaction Layer
+
+<aer agent string> :=
+Receiver ID | Requester ID | Completer ID | Transmitter ID
+
+Where, [] designate corresponding content is optional
+
+All <field string> description with * has the following format:
+
+field: <integer>, <field string>
+
+Where value of <integer> should be the position of "string" in <field
+string> description. Otherwise, <field string> will be "unknown".
+
+All <field strings> description with # has the following format:
+
+field: <integer>
+<field strings>
+
+Where each string in <fields strings> corresponding to one set bit of
+<integer>. The bit position is the position of "string" in <field
+strings> description.
+
+For more detailed explanation of every field, please refer to UEFI
+specification version 2.3 or later, section Appendix N: Common
+Platform Error Record.
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