RE: [POC][RFC][PATCH 0/2] pstore/mm/x86: Add wildcard memmap to map pstore consistently

From: Luck, Tony
Date: Tue Apr 09 2024 - 19:52:50 EST


> Do ECC servers wipe their RAM by default? I know that if you build with
> CONFIG_RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION=y on an EFI system that supports the
> MemoryOverwriteRequestControl EFI variable you'll get a RAM wipe...

I know that after I've been running RAS tests that inject ECC errors into thousands of
pages, those errors all disappear after a reboot.

I think some BIOS have options to speed up boot by skipping memory initialization.
I don't know if anyone makes that the default mode.

-Tony