Re: [Suggestion] Memory check

Roeland Th. Jansen (roel@grobbebol.xs4all.nl)
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 22:29:13 +0000 (GMT)

> Frank Gockel (gockel@sent13.uni-duisburg.de) mailed a memtest patch to
> linux-kernel in July 1998 to test memory at boot up. One big advantage
> of doing the test in kernel is that he marks faulty pages as reserved
> to stop the kernel using them. Waiting until init is running can be
> too late, the page might already be in use.

marking pages fault so that it's not used IMHO is a bad idea. if memory is
at fault, report it and stop.

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