Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752899Ab1FXQ4R (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:56:17 -0400 Received: from openfortress.nl ([213.189.19.244]:56382 "EHLO fame.vanrein.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751308Ab1FXQ4P (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:56:15 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:56:12 +0000 From: Rick van Rein To: "Luck, Tony" Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Rick van Rein , Craig Bergstrom , Andi Kleen , Stefan Assmann , Matthew Garrett , "linux-mm@kvack.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" , "mingo@elte.hu" , "rdunlap@xenotime.net" Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] support for broken memory modules (BadRAM) Message-ID: <20110624165612.GC31887@phantom.vanrein.org> References: <20110623133950.GB28333@srcf.ucam.org> <4E0348E0.7050808@kpanic.de> <20110623141222.GA30003@srcf.ucam.org> <4E035DD1.1030603@kpanic.de> <20110623170014.GN3263@one.firstfloor.org> <987664A83D2D224EAE907B061CE93D5301E938F2FD@orsmsx505.amr.corp.intel.com> <20110624080535.GA19966@phantom.vanrein.org> <4E04B848.6000908@zytor.com> <987664A83D2D224EAE907B061CE93D5301E942ED99@orsmsx505.amr.corp.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <987664A83D2D224EAE907B061CE93D5301E942ED99@orsmsx505.amr.corp.intel.com> X-My-Coolest-Hack: http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram -> Exploit broken RAM User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 613 Lines: 15 Hello, > Does it scale? [...] Perhaps we may end up with a composite solution. If I had my way, there would be an extension to the e820 format to allow the BadRAM patterns to be specified. Since the extension with bad page information is specific to boot loader interaction, this would work in exactly those cases that are covered by the current situation. -Rick -- 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/