From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 27 00:05:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1DED16A412 for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:05:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from M.Hirsch@hirsch.it) Received: from server1.hirsch.it (server1.hirsch.it [213.239.214.99]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE51543E6C for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:40:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from M.Hirsch@hirsch.it) Received: from hsi-kbw-085-216-025-126.hsi.kabelbw.de ([85.216.25.126] helo=[192.168.101.121]) by server1.hirsch.it with esmtpa (Exim 4.50) id 1Fv0gf-0008AM-Jk; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 01:40:17 +0200 Message-ID: <44A0705D.3030100@hirsch.it> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 01:40:13 +0200 From: "M.Hirsch" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Macintosh/20050716) X-Accept-Language: de-DE, de, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pete French References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "server1.hirsch.it", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: So what do I need to do to make the box panic() on an ECC error? Is there a kernel parameter, sysctl, or what else? Thanks, M. Pete French schrieb: [...] Content analysis details: (0.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.x CVSUP today crashes with zero load ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:05:55 -0000 So what do I need to do to make the box panic() on an ECC error? Is there a kernel parameter, sysctl, or what else? Thanks, M. Pete French schrieb: >>I am not looking for workarounds, like ECC. I want the box to break >>immediately once any single component goes wrong... >> >> > >Uh, that *is* what ECC does (or can do). Without ECC your broken hardware >continues to run un-noticed. With ECC you can either make it break >immediatley, or log an error or continue to run. > >Stop thinking of ECC as error correction and start thinking of it as >error detection. No ECC gives you no way to detect failing memory. > >-pete. > >