Is it necessary to have both EDAC and MCE error reporting modules loaded in the kernel ?

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Issue

  • MCE and EDAC both are for hardware error detection, then do we require both the funtionality on the system.
  • Is it possible to blacklist EDAC module or deactivate MCE module at the time of boot by using mce=off on kernel boot line.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
  • EDAC and MCE.

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