Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 20:21:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: asami@freebsd.org (Satoshi Asami) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAM parity error Message-ID: <199609180321.UAA01376@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199609180222.TAA09684@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> from Satoshi Asami at "Sep 17, 96 07:22:06 pm"
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> * If you have ``logic parity'' instead of true parity you have defeated > * 75 % of the purpose of even having parity on memory. > > 75%? I thought that was 100% ;) (Ok, maybe it can check the memory > bus failure, but how often would that happen?) Ooopsss.. didn't hit this one last time... you would be surprised at how often the error actually occurs on the BUS and not from the data out of the chips. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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