Re: pmap bomb on 4.0-STABLE

2001-04-05 Thread David Scheidt
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Joseph Gleason wrote: :A friend of mine swears by this memory testing utility: : :http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady_denver/memtest86/ : :Apparently it tries a bunch of diffrent test patters that are likely to find :memory problems that a simple test wouldn't find. It is cool beca

Re: pmap bomb on 4.0-STABLE

2001-04-05 Thread Joseph Gleason
eason - Original Message - From: "Mahlon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 12:10 Subject: Re: pmap bomb on 4.0-STABLE > > > Can anyone tell me what this means - and even better, a fix? It's > > >

Re: pmap bomb on 4.0-STABLE

2001-04-05 Thread Mahlon Smith
> > Can anyone tell me what this means - and even better, a fix? It's > > my understanding that pmap concerns shared memory, is it possible > > I have a bad stick of ram floating around? > > > Bad memory sticks are easy to find. Just rip out half the RAM and let the > box run for a few days, the

RE: pmap bomb on 4.0-STABLE

2001-04-05 Thread Koster, K.J.
Dear Mahlon, > > Can anyone tell me what this means - and even better, a fix? It's > my understanding that pmap concerns shared memory, is it possible > I have a bad stick of ram floating around? > Bad memory sticks are easy to find. Just rip out half the RAM and let the box run for a few days

pmap bomb on 4.0-STABLE

2001-04-04 Thread Mahlon Smith
Huh, haven't seen this one before. After perusing the mailing list archives, I'm convinced not too many others have, either. Can anyone tell me what this means - and even better, a fix? It's my understanding that pmap concerns shared memory, is it possible I have a bad stick of ram floating ar