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Date:      Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:01:08 +0300 (EEST)
From:      Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 6.x CVSUP today crashes with zero load ...
Message-ID:  <20060626235355.Q95667@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua>
In-Reply-To: <20060626140333.M38418@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <E1FuYsL-000HT3-H2@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk> <20060626100949.G24406@fledge.watson.org> <20060626081029.L1114@ganymede.hub.org> <20060626140333.M38418@fledge.watson.org>

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Hello!

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Robert Watson wrote:
> I think this is a useful activity, especially if you've already run extensive 
> memory testing on the box.  If you haven't yet done that, I encourage you to 
> take a break from buildworld's and make sure the memory tests pass. I spent 
> several months on and off trying to track down a bug a few years ago, which 
> turned out to be a one bit error in memory on the box.  It would appear and

  This is precisely the task which hardware ECC solves: to correct any single-
bit memory error and to detect 2-bit and most of several-bit errors. I prefer
ECC-capable hardware even for home PC; for server it's a must IMHO.

Sincerely, Dmitry
-- 
Atlantis ISP, System Administrator
e-mail:  dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua
nic-hdl: LYNX-RIPE



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