Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: NMI ?? | Date | Thu, 29 Apr 1999 19:42:57 +0100 (BST) |
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> For the "wishlist" category, in case someone is looking for a kernel > project: the intel chipsets (and probably many others) report where > parity errors occur. They'll indicate not only that an error occured > (thus disambiguating the NMI) but also which slot it occured in.
Parity errors don't help you.
> They will report correctable errors (1-bit) as well -- so you could get > notice that a simm is failing before it actually fails.
That requires ECC ram - expensive but cute.
> chipset docs are available in pdf off intel's website. Requires some > digging.
If someone plans to get into that sort of stuff then another project that may be fun for someone who likes playing with dirtly low level stuff is supporting the PentiumPro/PII Machine check
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