Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:15:40 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Thiemo Nordenholz <nz@thiemo.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mprotect() takes quite long -- anyone knows this? Message-ID: <15363.40972.361154.664667@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <20011127123654.A56998@mygiea.ham01.thiemo.net> References: <3C03741A.55375021@yahoo.de> <20011127123654.A56998@mygiea.ham01.thiemo.net>
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Thiemo Nordenholz writes: > Do you know what FreeBSD does when an ECC error is encountered? Does it log > it? Does it just silently discard the information? Can the kernel know about > ECC corrective actions at all? I have no clue of all that... Another > information I'd be happy to get :-) > All ECC errors are handled & single-bit errors are corrected by the firmware. When the firmware encounters an ECC event, it asserts a machine check. If you have a single-bit error, you'll see this on console: Warning: received processor correctable error. If you have a multi-bit error (which cannot be corrected), your machine will panic with a fatal machine check. Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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