Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755261AbXLVNqc (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:46:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751719AbXLVNqZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:46:25 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:4776 "EHLO spitz.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751435AbXLVNqY (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:46:24 -0500 Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:46:12 +0000 From: Pavel Machek To: Richard D Cc: "'Matthew Bloch'" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Testing RAM from userspace / question about memmap= arguments Message-ID: <20071222134612.GA4098@ucw.cz> References: <20071221125812.GA4052@ucw.cz> <000001c84472$74b245e0$5e16d1a0$@com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000001c84472$74b245e0$5e16d1a0$@com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 761 Lines: 17 On Sat 2007-12-22 13:42:47, Richard D wrote: > Cant you, modify bootmem allocator to test with memtest patterns and then > use kexec (as Pavel suggested) to test the one where kernel was sitting > earlier? I do not think you need to modify anything in kernel. Just use /dev/mem to test areas that kernel doesn't see, then kexec into place you already tested, and test the rest. -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- 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/