docs/designs/cper-records.md

1 # CPER records - CPER
9 Server CPUs expose a managability interface refered to as CPER records. A user
15 CPER stands for Common Platform Error Record and is defined as an industry
21 In Redfish specification drop 2021.3, Redfish added support for CPER records
23 decoded CPER instance. In addition to Redfish, there is a proposed DMTF
24 interface for sending CPER log events to the BMC using [MCTP/PLDM][cperevent],
27 ARM has developed a reference library for decoding CPER records that does not
38 - A BMC should be able to decode binary CPER records originated from a CPER
41 - BMC should be able to recieve and decode CPER records from a CPU per the [CPER
48 - A CPU vendor should be able to add support for CPER extensions that OpenBMC
50   promised in the CPER specification.
52 - CPER decoder should allow decoding of multiple CPU complexes.
60 this time. It is expected that the ubiquity of CPER records in the BMC ecosystem
66 more of the design referenced in this [CPER specification][arm_sbmr], for common