Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:34:41 +0200 (CEST) From: Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl> To: "Brett D. Estrade" <estrabd@mailcan.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: memtest Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.61.0506230031050.6058@tea.blinkenlights.nl> In-Reply-To: <1119460191.7615.236939778@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1119460191.7615.236939778@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Brett D. Estrade wrote:
> I have an Ultra 60 with 5.4 (upgraded from 5.3), and I am trying to
> stress the sucker out.
>
> I am currently running "memtest" from ports, and although this thing has
> 512 mb of RAM (and dual 300mhz cpus), memtest will only test ~148 mb or
> less of the main memory. Is this an indication of some sort of issue or
> a shortcoming of memtest? I also tried "rawio", but was not too
> successful getting the app to work properly - any suggestions for proper
> memory and I/O stressing?
OBP can do a reasonable memory test with:
diag-level
Specifies the level or type of diagnostics that are executed. Default is max.
* off - No testing.
* min - Basic tests are run.
* max - More extensive tests might be run, depending on the device. Memory is extensively checked.
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/html/817-6957-10/Sebring-DiagsOn.html
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SPARC-HOWTO-14.html
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Sten Spans
"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen - Anthem
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