EDAC: Document HW_EVENT_ERR_DEFERRED type

Add a description of the HW_EVENT_ERR_DEFERRED type that wasn't included
with commit d12a969ebb ("EDAC, amd64: Add Deferred Error type").

Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <Yazen.Ghannam@amd.com>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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Yazen Ghannam 2016-12-01 14:24:53 -06:00 committed by Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ enum dev_type {
* fatal (maybe it is on an unused memory area,
* or the memory controller could recover from
* it for example, by re-trying the operation).
* @HW_EVENT_ERR_DEFERRED: Deferred Error - Indicates an uncorrectable
* error whose handling is not urgent. This could
* be due to hardware data poisoning where the
* system can continue operation until the poisoned
* data is consumed. Preemptive measures may also
* be taken, e.g. offlining pages, etc.
* @HW_EVENT_ERR_FATAL: Fatal Error - Uncorrected error that could not
* be recovered.
* @HW_EVENT_ERR_INFO: Informational - The CPER spec defines a forth