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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
To: rwhitton@iee.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Background memory scrubbing
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:30:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DAEDFEB.20908@ladisch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42558.1303286300@jupiter.eclipse.co.uk>

Robert Whitton wrote:
> I have a home grown module that performs background memory scrubbing
> to eliminate single bit memory errors before they become a problem.
> ... it is specifically targeted at the AMD64 PC architecture

Then why don't you use the memory controller's automatic background
memory scrubbing support?  Doesn't your BIOS have this option?


Regards,
Clemens

  reply	other threads:[~2011-04-20 13:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-04-20  7:58 Background memory scrubbing Robert Whitton
2011-04-20 13:30 ` Clemens Ladisch [this message]
2011-04-20 16:45 ` Rik van Riel
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-04-20 14:40 Robert Whitton
2011-04-20 15:19 ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-04-20 15:35   ` Borislav Petkov
2011-04-20 15:46     ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-04-20 15:58       ` Borislav Petkov
2011-04-20 16:45         ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-04-20 16:55           ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2011-04-20 17:36             ` Borislav Petkov
2011-04-20 19:23   ` Bill Gatliff
2011-04-20 15:46 Robert Whitton
2011-04-20 16:01 ` Borislav Petkov
2011-04-25 16:53   ` Chris Friesen
2011-04-20 17:05 Robert Whitton
2011-04-20 17:53 ` Rik van Riel
2011-04-24 20:47   ` Pavel Machek

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