Re: [PATCH resend v3] x86: memtest: WARN if bad RAM found

From: Jonathan Nieder
Date: Mon Apr 23 2012 - 16:28:47 EST


Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> --- a/arch/x86/mm/memtest.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/memtest.c
>> @@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ static u64 patterns[] __initdata = {
>>
>> Âstatic void __init reserve_bad_mem(u64 pattern, u64 start_bad, u64 end_bad)
>> Â{
>> + Â Â Â WARN_ONCE(1, "Bad RAM detected. Use memtest86+ to perform a thorough test\n"
>> + Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "and the memmap= parameter to reserve the bad areas.");
>
> You must be kidding : calling memtest86+ "thorough test".

How about "more thorough test"? Or do you have a better
recommendation for users?

Thanks for looking it over.
Jonathan
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