From: "Metzger, Markus T" <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: "gdb-patches@sourceware.org" <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/2] btrace: set/show record btrace cpu
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2018 07:09:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <A78C989F6D9628469189715575E55B236964EDF0@IRSMSX104.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <837eqvy5on.fsf@gnu.org>
Hello Eli,
> > Where do you think we need to improve the wording?
>
> I'd like to have an explanation of what the errata are and what causes them. If
> "bugs in firmware" is inaccurate, then how do we describe the reason accurately?
> (If you can point me to some URL where that is described, I might be able to
> come up with an accurate description
> myself.)
The term "erratum" already means 'bug somewhere in the processor'.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erratum:
"Design errors and mistakes in a CPU's hardwired logic may also be documented
and described as errata."
Intel publishes them in documents called ....-spec-update.pdf.
Thanks,
Markus.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-02 7:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-23 9:52 [PATCH 1/2] btrace: fix output of "set record btrace" Markus Metzger
2018-02-23 9:52 ` [PATCH 2/2] btrace: set/show record btrace cpu Markus Metzger
2018-02-23 13:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-02-26 15:45 ` Metzger, Markus T
2018-02-26 19:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-02-27 11:41 ` Metzger, Markus T
2018-02-27 18:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <A78C989F6D9628469189715575E55B236964DCE6@IRSMSX104.ger.corp.intel.com>
2018-02-28 15:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-03-01 7:05 ` Metzger, Markus T
2018-03-01 14:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-03-01 16:24 ` Metzger, Markus T
2018-03-01 19:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-03-02 7:09 ` Metzger, Markus T [this message]
[not found] ` <alpine.DEB.2.00.1803021350500.10166@tp.orcam.me.uk>
2018-03-02 15:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-03-02 19:04 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2018-03-02 19:49 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2018-03-05 10:58 ` Metzger, Markus T
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