diff --git a/drivers/edac/Kconfig b/drivers/edac/Kconfig
index e8c4a2b..3cfd906 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/edac/Kconfig
@@ -109,15 +109,4 @@
 	  Support for error detection and correction the Intel
 	  Greekcreek/Blackford chipsets.
 
-choice
-	prompt "Error detecting method"
-	default EDAC_POLL
-
-config EDAC_POLL
-	bool "Poll for errors"
-	help
-	  Poll the chipset periodically to detect errors.
-
-endchoice
-
 endif # EDAC
diff --git a/drivers/edac/Makefile b/drivers/edac/Makefile
index 773472c..19d5ac7 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/edac/Makefile
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 # This file may be distributed under the terms of the
 # GNU General Public License.
 #
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.4.2.3 2005/07/08 22:05:38 dsp_llnl Exp $
 
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_EDAC)			:= edac_stub.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EDAC_MM_EDAC)		+= edac_core.o
 
 edac_core-objs	:= edac_mc.o edac_device.o edac_mc_sysfs.o edac_pci_sysfs.o
diff --git a/drivers/edac/e752x_edac.c b/drivers/edac/e752x_edac.c
index 8bcc887..f51e79a 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/e752x_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/e752x_edac.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/pci_ids.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/edac.h>
 #include "edac_mc.h"
 
 #define E752X_REVISION	" Ver: 2.0.1 " __DATE__
@@ -948,6 +949,16 @@
 	debugf0("%s(): mci\n", __func__);
 	debugf0("Starting Probe1\n");
 
+	/* make sure error reporting method is sane */
+	switch(edac_op_state) {
+		case EDAC_OPSTATE_POLL:
+		case EDAC_OPSTATE_NMI:
+			break;
+		default:
+			edac_op_state = EDAC_OPSTATE_POLL;
+			break;
+	}
+
 	/* check to see if device 0 function 1 is enabled; if it isn't, we
 	 * assume the BIOS has reserved it for a reason and is expecting
 	 * exclusive access, we take care not to violate that assumption and
@@ -1123,4 +1134,5 @@
 module_param(force_function_unhide, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_function_unhide, "if BIOS sets Dev0:Fun1 up as hidden:"
 " 1=force unhide and hope BIOS doesn't fight driver for Dev0:Fun1 access");
-
+module_param(edac_op_state, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(edac_op_state, "EDAC Error Reporting state: 0=Poll,1=NMI");
diff --git a/drivers/edac/e7xxx_edac.c b/drivers/edac/e7xxx_edac.c
index 310d91b..0827b9a 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/e7xxx_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/e7xxx_edac.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/pci_ids.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/edac.h>
 #include "edac_mc.h"
 
 #define	E7XXX_REVISION " Ver: 2.0.1 " __DATE__
@@ -419,6 +420,17 @@
 	struct e7xxx_error_info discard;
 
 	debugf0("%s(): mci\n", __func__);
+
+	/* make sure error reporting method is sane */
+	switch(edac_op_state) {
+		case EDAC_OPSTATE_POLL:
+		case EDAC_OPSTATE_NMI:
+			break;
+		default:
+			edac_op_state = EDAC_OPSTATE_POLL;
+			break;
+	}
+
 	pci_read_config_dword(pdev, E7XXX_DRC, &drc);
 
 	drc_chan = dual_channel_active(drc, dev_idx);
@@ -565,3 +577,5 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Linux Networx (http://lnxi.com) Thayne Harbaugh et al\n"
 	"Based on.work by Dan Hollis et al");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MC support for Intel e7xxx memory controllers");
+module_param(edac_op_state, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(edac_op_state, "EDAC Error Reporting state: 0=Poll,1=NMI");
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
index eae1ca1..81a28d6 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/sysdev.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/edac.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/edac.h>
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@
 	}
 
 	list_add_tail_rcu(&mci->link, insert_before);
+	atomic_inc(&edac_handlers);
 	return 0;
 
 fail0:
@@ -267,6 +269,7 @@
 
 static void del_mc_from_global_list(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 {
+	atomic_dec(&edac_handlers);
 	list_del_rcu(&mci->link);
 	init_completion(&mci->complete);
 	call_rcu(&mci->rcu, complete_mc_list_del);
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_module.c b/drivers/edac/edac_module.c
index 3cd3a23..89c96ec 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_module.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_module.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/edac.h>
 
 #include "edac_mc.h"
 #include "edac_module.h"
@@ -102,6 +103,25 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * handler for EDAC to check if NMI type handler has asserted interrupt
+ */
+static int edac_assert_error_check_and_clear(void)
+{
+	int vreg;
+
+	if(edac_op_state == EDAC_OPSTATE_POLL)
+		return 1;
+
+	vreg = atomic_read(&edac_err_assert);
+	if(vreg) {
+		atomic_set(&edac_err_assert, 0);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
  * Action thread for EDAC to perform the POLL operations
  */
 static int edac_kernel_thread(void *arg)
@@ -109,8 +129,8 @@
 	int msec;
 
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
-
-		do_edac_check();
+		if(edac_assert_error_check_and_clear())
+			do_edac_check();
 
 		/* goto sleep for the interval */
 		msec = (HZ * edac_get_poll_msec()) / 1000;
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_stub.c b/drivers/edac/edac_stub.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91a038d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_stub.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * common EDAC components that must be in kernel
+ *
+ * Author: Dave Jiang <djiang@mvista.com>
+ *
+ * 2007 (c) MontaVista Software, Inc. This file is licensed under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. This program
+ * is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any kind, whether express
+ * or implied.
+ *
+ */
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/edac.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
+#include <asm/edac.h>
+
+int edac_op_state = EDAC_OPSTATE_INVAL;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(edac_op_state);
+
+atomic_t edac_handlers = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(edac_handlers);
+
+atomic_t edac_err_assert = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(edac_err_assert);
+
+inline int edac_handler_set(void)
+{
+	if (edac_op_state == EDAC_OPSTATE_POLL)
+		return 0;
+
+	return atomic_read(&edac_handlers);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(edac_handler_set);
+
+/*
+ * handler for NMI type of interrupts to assert error
+ */
+inline void edac_atomic_assert_error(void)
+{
+	atomic_set(&edac_err_assert, 1);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(edac_atomic_assert_error);
diff --git a/drivers/edac/i5000_edac.c b/drivers/edac/i5000_edac.c
index 4d7e786..8eb8b6e 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/i5000_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i5000_edac.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/pci_ids.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/edac.h>
 #include <asm/mmzone.h>
 
 #include "edac_mc.h"
@@ -1285,6 +1286,16 @@
 	if (PCI_FUNC(pdev->devfn) != 0)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	/* make sure error reporting method is sane */
+	switch(edac_op_state) {
+		case EDAC_OPSTATE_POLL:
+		case EDAC_OPSTATE_NMI:
+			break;
+		default:
+			edac_op_state = EDAC_OPSTATE_POLL;
+			break;
+	}
+
 	/* Ask the devices for the number of CSROWS and CHANNELS so
 	 * that we can calculate the memory resources, etc
 	 *
@@ -1475,3 +1486,5 @@
     ("Linux Networx (http://lnxi.com) Doug Thompson <norsk5@xmission.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MC Driver for Intel I5000 memory controllers - "
 		   I5000_REVISION);
+module_param(edac_op_state, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(edac_op_state, "EDAC Error Reporting state: 0=Poll,1=NMI");