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SubjectRe: Perform minimal RAM test at boot
Peter Steiner wrote:
>
> >Also, don't expect it to detect anything reliable (think of a video
> >card in the 15-16M memory hole.) Rather, think of it as a "last
> >ditch" sanity check.
>
> Ok, it *is* a sanity check. But it finds all those common problems like
> "memory hole accidently turned on", "memory is slightly smaller than
> the expected xxxxMB" or "a (too big) stale mem= sneaked in".
>

Well, no, it finds *some* of them! But either way, I think this is a
good thing.

-hpa

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