Re: [RFC 1/6] x86, NMI, Add symbol definition for NMI magicconstants

[Andi Kleen]

>
> I guess adding either another knob to override the hardware error option
> or tying it in with the panic_on_unknown_error option might make me more
> comfortable.  That way enterprise customers can always just enable it by
> default and desktop users (for now) could have it off.

Anything that needs explicit enabling is a bad idea, that
would lead to a lot of users running in "corrupt my data" mode.

The code currently uses the presence of a HEST error table
to detect a server. HEST should be only available on servers.

On servers at least panic should be default.

-Andi


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