Re: Perform minimal RAM test at boot

Catalin BOIE (util@deuroconsult.ro)
Tue, 2 Nov 1999 13:52:51 +0200 (EET)


On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Pavel Machek wrote:

> Hi!
>
> > >> Why can't we use something similar to check memory sizes? I have a thinkpad
> > >
> > >That code isnt actually good enough in theory (tho practice may be different)
> > >to detect missing ram.
> >
> > What about the attached code? It's for 2.3.20 but it should be easy to
> > apply to other versions.
>
> Nice. But it my eyes it should panic, not try to mark pages reserved
> and continue. If there's one error, there may be undetected errors
> nearby. I'd suggest panic() and forcing user deal with that.
>
> Pavel
>

Maybe, a better idea, is to tell the kernel to not use this pages. In this
way, we can use the rest of the RAM, witch is good.

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