Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754706Ab1DTN2n (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:28:43 -0400 Received: from smtprelay02.ispgateway.de ([80.67.31.25]:45282 "EHLO smtprelay02.ispgateway.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752811Ab1DTN2m (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:28:42 -0400 Message-ID: <4DAEDFEB.20908@ladisch.de> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:30:19 +0200 From: Clemens Ladisch User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rwhitton@iee.org CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Background memory scrubbing References: <42558.1303286300@jupiter.eclipse.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <42558.1303286300@jupiter.eclipse.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Df-Sender: linux-kernel@cl.domainfactory-kunde.de Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 622 Lines: 16 Robert Whitton wrote: > I have a home grown module that performs background memory scrubbing > to eliminate single bit memory errors before they become a problem. > ... it is specifically targeted at the AMD64 PC architecture Then why don't you use the memory controller's automatic background memory scrubbing support? Doesn't your BIOS have this option? Regards, Clemens -- 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/