Re: Linux 5.3-rc8

From: Willy Tarreau
Date: Wed Sep 18 2019 - 06:42:42 EST


On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 03:25:51PM +0500, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> The results so far are:
>
> 1. Desktop with MSI Z87I board: works.
> 2. Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro laptop: works.
> 3. Server based on the Intel Corporation S1200SPL board (available from OVH
> as EG-32): does not work, memory is cleared.
> 4. Cheap server based on Gooxi G1SCN-B board (the cheapes thing with IPMI
> available on bacloud.com): works.
>
> So that's 75% of success stories (found at least one page that is preserved
> after the "reboot" command) based on my samples.

That's pretty good! I didn't have this luck each time I tried this in
the past :-/ I remember noticing that video RAM from graphics card was
often usable however, which I figured I could use after seeing a ghost
image from a previous boot when switching to graphics mode.

Willy