Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:01:08 +0300 (EEST) From: Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>, freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.x CVSUP today crashes with zero load ... Message-ID: <20060626235355.Q95667@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> In-Reply-To: <20060626140333.M38418@fledge.watson.org> References: <E1FuYsL-000HT3-H2@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk> <20060626100949.G24406@fledge.watson.org> <20060626081029.L1114@ganymede.hub.org> <20060626140333.M38418@fledge.watson.org>
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Hello! On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Robert Watson wrote: > I think this is a useful activity, especially if you've already run extensive > memory testing on the box. If you haven't yet done that, I encourage you to > take a break from buildworld's and make sure the memory tests pass. I spent > several months on and off trying to track down a bug a few years ago, which > turned out to be a one bit error in memory on the box. It would appear and This is precisely the task which hardware ECC solves: to correct any single- bit memory error and to detect 2-bit and most of several-bit errors. I prefer ECC-capable hardware even for home PC; for server it's a must IMHO. Sincerely, Dmitry -- Atlantis ISP, System Administrator e-mail: dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua nic-hdl: LYNX-RIPE
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