Re: [PATCH 0/2] EDAC/i5000: Fix the slot loop and re-enable the driver

[Andrew Luebke <andrew.luebke@gmail.com>]

 > was all the energy you've spent on fixing this
 > - especially the AI tokens - worth the effort?

For me, yes. I still test and repair old medical equipment built on the
xw8400 and xw6400 (as well as even older systems), and FB-DIMMs are the
part that fails. Having EDAC name the slot beats swapping sticks.

 > can I jot you down as the one who will be testing any future
 > patches for that driver?

Yes, please do. I have the hardware on the bench, with single- and
dual-ranked FB-DIMMs, and can test patches on request.

On 11/11/26 4:17 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2026 at 03:25:27PM -0800, Andrew Luebke wrote:
>> Analysis and test kernels were prepared with LLM help; the tests ran on my
>> hardware.
> Just out of curiosity, was all the energy you've spent on fixing this
> - especially the AI tokens - worth the effort?
>
> This chip is documented on something called the retro web:
> https://theretroweb.com/chips/317 and it says it is from 2006 and it sports
> DDR2 memory. So that is retro alright.
>
> The HP xw8400 has a whopping quad-core Xeon in it.
>
> But whatever...
>
> Now, if you really wanna do this, can I jot you down as the one who will be
> testing any future patches for that driver?
>