From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 9 May 2001 00:24:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 9 May 2001 00:24:45 -0400 Received: from mailout2-0.nyroc.rr.com ([24.92.226.121]:18174 "EHLO mailout2-0.nyroc.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 9 May 2001 00:24:27 -0400 Message-Id: <200105090424.AAA05768@soyata.home> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.0 09/18/1999 To: "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Wow! Is memory ever cheap! In-Reply-To: Message from Larry McVoy of "Mon, 07 May 2001 11:56:59 PDT." <20010507115659.T14127@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 00:24:25 -0400 From: "Marty Leisner" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I'm confused by the "lets not use ECC and use bk" talk. My understanding is suns big machines stopped using ecc and they started to have "random" problems running big-iron applications that took them a while to figure out (and a lot of bad press) and can only be rectified in the big cycle (this was last year so its probably solved now). I thought one of the primary reasons to have ecc is to catch wierd things before they become catostrophic...and at least know WHY weirdness is happening... marty