From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Dec 6 10:59: 9 2000 From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 10:59:07 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97C2337B400 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 10:59:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 143jmT-0009O2-00; Wed, 06 Dec 2000 18:59:05 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.0) id eB6IwdV01688; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 19:58:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 19:58:39 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: "Koster, K.J." Cc: "'Andrew Gallatin'" , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: part numbers for 2100 5/300 processor modules? Message-ID: <20001206195839.D497@freebie.demon.nl> References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7A8B@l04.research.kpn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7A8B@l04.research.kpn.com>; from K.J.Koster@kpn.com on Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 01:59:13PM +0100 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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