Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:00:14 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] support for broken memory modules (BadRAM) |
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> According to Rick's reply in this thread a damaged row in a DIMM can > easily cause a few thousand entries in the e820 table because it doesn't > handle patterns. So the question I'm asking is, is it acceptable to > have an e820 table with thousands maybe ten-thousands of entries? > I really have no idea of the implications, maybe somebody else can > comment on that.
I don't think it makes sense to handle something like that with a list. The compact representation currently in badram is great for that.
-Andi
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