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[ILUG] bad ram? get the bad ram module...

[ILUG] bad ram? get the bad ram module...

Kenn Humborg kenn at linux.ie
Wed Feb 28 01:12:53 GMT 2001


On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 12:43:08AM +0000, kevin lyda wrote:
> here's an interesting module:
> 
> http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/
> 
> you tell it what bits of ram are bad, it allocates them to the kernel
> and then leaves them alone.  downside?  it requires two reboots to
> determine where the bad ram is...

Of course, _real_ computers have firmware that detects bad RAM and 
passes a list of good RAM areas to the booting kernel...

Sigh.

Later,
Kenn





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