From owner-freebsd-current Fri Oct 8 11:28:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [216.240.41.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF81A14A25; Fri, 8 Oct 1999 11:28:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id LAA03945; Fri, 8 Oct 1999 11:28:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 11:28:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199910081828.LAA03945@apollo.backplane.com> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" Cc: dg@root.com, dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie (David Malone), ady@warpnet.ro (Adrian Penisoara), freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Patches avail?] Re: MMAP() in STABLE/CURRENT ... References: <199910081711.KAA49036@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG :> ECC doesn't protect against certain types of motherboard address line :> errors (since although the ECC is correct, the selected address is wrong, so :> thus the data is wrong). There's parity protection on parts of the CPU :> address bus, but I don't believe there is any protection between the memory :> controller and the DIMMs for this type of problem. A handful of metal :> filings is also known to cause problems when it is dispersed properly. :-) : :Your suppose to remove the motherboard before drilling holes in your :chassis!!! :-). And be careful when you strip them there screws out, :that little bit of metal filings is enough to through one for some : :Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net Forget the drilling! Blood conducts electricity... simply *installing* a motherboard in those fraggin sharp-edged sheet metal chassis is enough! -Matt Matthew Dillon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message