Re: Detecting ECC errors

2000-03-14 Thread Robert Sexton
On Sun, Mar 12, 2000 at 01:11:19PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > CC'ing -hackers in case we can scare up some interest . . . > > Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > Hi. I took a look over the archives and noticed this ancient > > > thread. (1998) However, I checked the handbook and LINT for

Re: Detecting ECC errors

2000-03-13 Thread Jeremy McMillan
Just how valuable *IS* it? I can come up with a test plan. 1. Get a pile of expendable ECC DIMMS. 2. Get your hacked kernel loaded. 3. Get an LKM to do malloc(); and free(); in kernelspace. 4. Open up your case, swap your DIMMS for expendable modules. Make sure ECC mode is on. 5. Boot, load your

Re: Detecting ECC errors

2000-03-13 Thread Robert Sexton
On Sun, Mar 12, 2000 at 01:11:19PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > CC'ing -hackers in case we can scare up some interest . . . > > Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > Hi. I took a look over the archives and noticed this ancient > > > thread. (1998) However, I checked the handbook and LINT for

Re: Detecting ECC errors

2000-03-12 Thread Doug Barton
CC'ing -hackers in case we can scare up some interest . . . Mike Smith wrote: > > > Hi. I took a look over the archives and noticed this ancient > > thread. (1998) However, I checked the handbook and LINT for options on > > how FreeBSD logs ECC errors, but I could not find anyth