Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Nov 1999 00:29:26 +0100 | From | Peter Steiner <> | Subject | Re: Perform minimal RAM test at boot |
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>I hope you don't check *outside* the predefined memory map, or you'll >die horribly on some systems. This kind of test certainly can be >useful to *remove* some stuff, but never add.
This is what I'm actually doing.
>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".
>It probably should print a major warning if it ever needs to make any >adjustments.
Certainly. After all it's a sanity check and not an automatic memory detection or memory test.
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