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RE: [PATCH 2/2] btrace: set/show record btrace cpu
- From: "Metzger, Markus T" <markus dot t dot metzger at intel dot com>
- To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- Cc: "gdb-patches at sourceware dot org" <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 07:09:37 +0000
- Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/2] btrace: set/show record btrace cpu
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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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