Re: linux-kernel-digest V1 #4725

SammyTheSnake (phuae@csv.warwick.ac.uk)
Sun, 7 Nov 1999 16:12:30 +0000 (GMT)


On Sun, 7 Nov 1999 owner-linux-kernel-digest@vger.rutgers.edu wrote:
> From: Peter Samuelson <peter@wire.cadcamlab.org>
> Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 07:09:33 -0600 (CST)
> Subject: Re: 2.2.13 oopsen (update)
>
> [Alex Buell]
> > What would be nicer is a generic memory testing module - one could
> > insmod it and run the tests. When it finds bad memory, it could
> > alloc that bad block out of existence.
>
> Don't forget to printk the bad address so it can be saved to a file and
> re-alloced next boot.

surely so that they can be *re-tested* at boot? (in case you replace the
faulty memory)

Sam Penny

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