Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 19:58:39 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> Cc: "'Andrew Gallatin'" <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: part numbers for 2100 5/300 processor modules? Message-ID: <20001206195839.D497@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7A8B@l04.research.kpn.com>; from K.J.Koster@kpn.com on Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 01:59:13PM %2B0100 References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7A8B@l04.research.kpn.com>
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On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 01:59:13PM +0100, Koster, K.J. wrote: > > > > Once we get the machine booting, it would be interesting to play with > > it with that bad card in place. > > > Interesting. This kind of discussion crops up in the yearly "help my machine > is sig 11-ing everything"--threads on freebsd-hackers/questions. The outcome > is rather different over there, usually along the lines of "Just replace the > RAM and don't even think of bloating the kernel with bad memory detectors". > > Is the Alpha memory management so much better that we can reliably detect > the bulk of the memory errors, or is it that Alpha RAM isn't as cheap as the > sand it was molten from and thus more precious? First of all most Alphas have ECC memory. Most PeeCees do not. And yes, Alphas were designed from day 1 to be server stuff, so more attention to reliably driving loads of memory. -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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