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Hi

> Actually, I looked at the documentation for Intel E7501 chipset, and it 
> seems like it also has a hardware scrubber: See 
> http://download.intel.com/design/chipsets/datashts/25192702.pdf section 
> 5.8.2.
> So, supposedly, other Intel chipsets for servers might also have it.
>
Oh, this chipset has automatic memory scrubber certainly.
I did not know that.

But as far as I think, it is more preferable to support memory scrub
with software for other chipsets since MCH facility is supported by 
CPU.
What do you think about it?