Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 18:47:39 -0700 From: Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com> Cc: Burkard Meyendriesch <bm@malepartus.de>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ECC memory support Message-ID: <199810230147.SAA19488@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com> In-Reply-To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> "Re: ECC memory support" (Oct 22, 4:19pm)
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On Oct 22, 4:19pm, Mike Smith wrote: } Subject: Re: ECC memory support } Firstly, there's no guarantee that you're going to *get* an NMI on a } soft ECC error. If the design integrates error detection into the } BIOS, you're going to get an SMI and the BIOS will run regardless. This is an area that I'm very unfamiliar with. Who sets up the interrupt vector so that the BIOS gets control? I presume it's the BIOS and the kernel is careful not to change the vector. } If you did, there would be no point in calling the BIOS, as you already } know what's going on. Ok, and I assume that if the kernel gets an SMI it is non-fatal, unlike what currently happens with an NMI. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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