ACPI/APEI: Update einj documentation for param1/param2

To ensure EINJ working well when injecting errors via EINJ
table, add some restrictions: param1 must be a valid physical
RAM address and param2 must specify page granularity or
narrower.

Signed-off-by: Chen Gong <gong.chen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
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Chen Gong 2013-06-06 15:28:11 -07:00 committed by Tony Luck
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@ -47,11 +47,16 @@ directory apei/einj. The following files are provided.
- param1
This file is used to set the first error parameter value. Effect of
parameter depends on error_type specified.
parameter depends on error_type specified. For example, if error
type is memory related type, the param1 should be a valid physical
memory address.
- param2
This file is used to set the second error parameter value. Effect of
parameter depends on error_type specified.
parameter depends on error_type specified. For example, if error
type is memory related type, the param2 should be a physical memory
address mask. Linux requires page or narrower granularity, say,
0xfffffffffffff000.
- notrigger
The EINJ mechanism is a two step process. First inject the error, then