Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 20:54:16 +0100 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Thomas Zander <thomas.e.zander@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to tell whether ECC (memory) is enabled? Message-ID: <AANLkTikmLtXBiAoMsPWmDm=JQ7jBrO7VLeGMuBnobf7z@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTiktf5Ls1RRLgUcu2MpK8ymKaDBf=qp%2BiGAp2fx2@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTiktf5Ls1RRLgUcu2MpK8ymKaDBf=qp%2BiGAp2fx2@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Thomas Zander <thomas.e.zander@googlemail.com> wrote: > Dear, > > is there any way to inspect a running STABLE machine for the presence > or state of ECC memory before an MCA "error detected" message actually > occurs? > In comparison when I quickly boot the machine in question with a Linux > live CD, I find (among other EDAC messages) the following output in > its dmesg: > > ... > EDAC amd64: ECC is enabled by BIOS, Proceeding with EDAC module initialization > ... > > During POST, die BIOS also tells me that ECC memory is installed, so > far so good. But I was a little surprised that the FreeBSD kernel > tells me absolutely nothing about it. Or do I have to tune loader.conf > variables? Have you tried 'dmidecode' (as run), from the port sysutils/dmidecode? > TIA, > Riggs -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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