Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 22:22:08 -0600 (CST) From: mikebo@tellabs.com To: hackers@freebsd.org Cc: mikebo (Mike Borowiec) Subject: Re: Triton-II support... when? Message-ID: <199603060422.WAA05675@sunc210.tellabs.com>
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Nate Williams writes: Terry Lambert writes: > > > o adds support for ECC memory > > > > Still no parity, eh? 8-). > > ECC memory is parity memory. > > Nate ECC requires parity memory (SIMMs) but is much better. Unlike simple parity error detection schemes which, when an error is detected, generate an NMI and crash your machine, ECC can detect and correct single bit errors. Much nicer... I wonder how we get messages about this occuring to syslog/console? - Mike -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Borowiec - mikebo@tellabs.com - Tellabs Operations Inc. Senior Member of Technical Staff 4951 Indiana Avenue, MS 63 708-512-8211 FAX: 708-512-7099 Lisle, IL 60532 USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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