Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765988AbXHJWPj (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:15:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1765280AbXHJWOZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:14:25 -0400 Received: from [81.2.110.250] ([81.2.110.250]:36705 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935050AbXHJWOW (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:14:22 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:21:57 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: "roland" Cc: Subject: Re: Software based ECC ? Message-ID: <20070810232157.15db64a5@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <000a01c7db93$c75b66c0$eeeea8c0@aldipc> References: <000a01c7db93$c75b66c0$eeeea8c0@aldipc> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 604 Lines: 18 On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:16:45 +0200 "roland" wrote: > Hello ! > > since ECC (speaking in terms of ram/memory) is some widespread hardware > technology > within server/enterprise computing for protection of memory failure, i > wonder: > > Can`t this be done in software, too ? Only one way to find out. If it interest you - have a go at it - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/