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From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:49:07 -0500
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Subject: Re: Slow boot with 256GB of RAM?
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On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Zach Crum <crum.zach@gmail.com> wrote:
> This setting is not listed in /boot/defaults/loader.conf. Is it supposed to
> be singular or plural?

Plural.

I will commit the patch.

Does any know of cases where this memory test actually catches errors?
 How important is it?

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Eitan Adler