Re: Badram on powerpc

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Die, 2012-06-05 at 10:32 +0200, HP wrote: 
> 
> 2. On x86 one has memtest86, what do I use on powerpc to check my ram?

'apt-cache search memtest' brings up the memtester package, but I don't
know how well that works on PowerMacs.


> a grep in dmesg for address shows:
> [13111508.893820] Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at
> address 0x9f58ff44
> [13111508.903327] Faulting instruction address: 0xc0102848
> [13111511.947531] Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at
> address 0x9f58ff4c
> [13111511.948923] Faulting instruction address: 0xc01045ec
> [13279566.770278] Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at
> address 0x9f58ff4c
> [13279566.771667] Faulting instruction address: 0xc01045ec

I'd kind of expect more random failures if it was bad RAM, I think it's
more likely this is just a kernel bug. Did these start after an upgrade
of the kernel or other software?


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