Re: VIA's Southbridge bug: Latest (pseudo-)patch

From: Dan Hollis (goemon@anime.net)
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 13:39:12 EST

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On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Marc Lehmann wrote:
> I *do* hate silent data corruption :()

An "integrity loopback" device would certainly detect silent corruption.

Eg a loopback which CRC's all blocks read/written and screams loudly if
the CRC fails.

-Dan

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