Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 Nov 1996 22:07:07 -0500 (EST) | From | Kenneth Albanowski <> | Subject | Re: Linux & ECC memory |
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On Sat, 16 Nov 1996, Alan Cox wrote:
> One problem with all the ECC stuff is there seems to be no standard for > handling it. I know for example how to get the fault address of a few > motherboards but not all. [...] The PC world appears to lack a coherent > and unified approach to the issues.
Well, there is no time like the present. Consider this a feature request, if anyone wants to fool around with high end hardware.
There may well indeed be no standard, but that shouldn't stop up from trying.
> The Pentium Pro handles some of this more nicely and generates machine check > exceptions on dodgy events (something mainframe folks take for granted)
That's good to hear (and shows where the P6 line is really targetted.)
To change the subject a bit, I've been assuming that a P6 would be an excellent platform to run Linux on. Is this correct, and is there anything I need to watch out for?
-- Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126)
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