Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 22:28:01 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: jamil@trojanhorse.ml.org Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Parity Ram Message-ID: <23832.877811281@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 Oct 1997 11:55:34 -0700 (PDT)" References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971025115335.173A-100000@trojanhorse.ml.org>
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> Can someone fill me in on when you would want to use parity ram as opposed > to non-parity ram these days? To avoid silently corrupting your data? > If there was some anomaly in memory how > would freebsd handle it (is there a trap for parity error?) If you have a decent chipset (eg. 430HX, 440FX) parity memory can actually give you single bit error correction, and double bit error detection. This is actually quite a bit better than straight parity. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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