On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 16:05 +0100, Romain Francoise wrote: > Package: linux-2.6 > Version: 2.6.31-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Please enable CONFIG_MEMTEST on x86. It shouldn't have any impact by > default, and can be useful to boot a system with bad ram.
The in-kernel memory test is nearly useless - it writes the same pattern to all of memory and so can't detect faults that cause interference between memory cells at different addresses. You can use memtest86+ to find bad memory regions and the memmap kernel parameter to disable it. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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