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diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
index 22327e6a7236..e11faae81ed9 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ menuconfig ACPI
are configured, ACPI is used.
The project home page for the Linux ACPI subsystem is here:
- <http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/>
+ <https://01.org/linux-acpi>
Linux support for ACPI is based on Intel Corporation's ACPI
Component Architecture (ACPI CA). For more information on the
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ config ACPI_BUTTON
default y
help
This driver handles events on the power, sleep, and lid buttons.
- A daemon reads /proc/acpi/event and perform user-defined actions
- such as shutting down the system. This is necessary for
- software-controlled poweroff.
+ A daemon reads events from input devices or via netlink and
+ performs user-defined actions such as shutting down the system.
+ This is necessary for software-controlled poweroff.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here:
the module will be called button.
@@ -372,4 +372,25 @@ config ACPI_BGRT
source "drivers/acpi/apei/Kconfig"
+config ACPI_EXTLOG
+ tristate "Extended Error Log support"
+ depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
+ select EFI
+ select UEFI_CPER
+ default n
+ help
+ Certain usages such as Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) require
+ more information about the error than what can be described in
+ processor machine check banks. Most server processors log
+ additional information about the error in processor uncore
+ registers. Since the addresses and layout of these registers vary
+ widely from one processor to another, system software cannot
+ readily make use of them. To complicate matters further, some of
+ the additional error information cannot be constructed without
+ detailed knowledge about platform topology.
+
+ Enhanced MCA Logging allows firmware to provide additional error
+ information to system software, synchronous with MCE or CMCI. This
+ driver adds support for that functionality.
+
endif # ACPI