Re: linux on netserver
Emil Briggs (briggs@bucky.physics.ncsu.edu)
Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:02:14 -0500 (EST)
>I suppose there could be problems with the memory subsystem (e.g.,
>tons of correctable ECC errors), but the box performs just fine with
>NT, so it's unlikely to be a physical hw problem. If there were ECC
>errors, is there a way to get notified when they occur (e.g., on Alpha
>boxes, you'd get a machine check interrupt, is there something
>similar?).
>
ECC errors are recorded in configuration registers of the
memory controller.
For the 440FX chipset this is the error status register at offset 91h
in the PMC configuration space. For the 450GX and 450KX chipsets
its at offset C2h and C3h in the memory controllers configuration
space.
Regards
Emil