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+++ b/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt
@@ -45,11 +45,22 @@ directory apei/einj. The following files are provided.
injection. Before this, please specify all necessary error
parameters.
+- flags
+ Present for kernel version 3.13 and above. Used to specify which
+ of param{1..4} are valid and should be used by BIOS during injection.
+ Value is a bitmask as specified in ACPI5.0 spec for the
+ SET_ERROR_TYPE_WITH_ADDRESS data structure:
+ Bit 0 - Processor APIC field valid (see param3 below)
+ Bit 1 - Memory address and mask valid (param1 and param2)
+ Bit 2 - PCIe (seg,bus,dev,fn) valid (param4 below)
+ If set to zero, legacy behaviour is used where the type of injection
+ specifies just one bit set, and param1 is multiplexed.
+
- param1
This file is used to set the first error parameter value. Effect of
parameter depends on error_type specified. For example, if error
type is memory related type, the param1 should be a valid physical
- memory address.
+ memory address. [Unless "flag" is set - see above]
- param2
This file is used to set the second error parameter value. Effect of
@@ -58,6 +69,12 @@ directory apei/einj. The following files are provided.
address mask. Linux requires page or narrower granularity, say,
0xfffffffffffff000.
+- param3
+ Used when the 0x1 bit is set in "flag" to specify the APIC id
+
+- param4
+ Used when the 0x4 bit is set in "flag" to specify target PCIe device
+
- notrigger
The EINJ mechanism is a two step process. First inject the error, then
perform some actions to trigger it. Setting "notrigger" to 1 skips the