Re: BadRAM patch

["Jay Lee" <jlee pbu edu>]

Reuben D. Budiardja said:
>
> Hi,
> By any chance, does anyone use BadRAM patch
> (http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/) with RHEL 3 kernel ? better yet,
> is
> there an RPM (something unofficial/unsupported I guess) for this patch for
> RHEL 3 kernel ?
>
> I ran memtest86 and it found 1 error in my 512 MB RAM. I don't really want
> to
> throw it away.
>
> I also don't see a BadRAM patch for linux-kernel-2.4.21. There are patches
> for
> 2.4.20 and 2.4.22, so if I were to patch my kernel myself, I am not sure
> what
> to use.
>
> /methink Redhat should support  BadRAM patch in RHEL kernel :)

My suggestion is to try both.  Whichever patches and compiles the
cleanest, go with it.  I highly doubt RHEL will ever ship with this patch.
 It's not real common for Enterprise Class Operating Systems to support
known failed hardware.  It'd make the troubleshooting/support somewhat
difficult.

Jay
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Jay Lee
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Philadelphia Biblical University
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