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Re: ECC Memory question



On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 02:05:15PM +0200, ste @ tiscali wrote:
> 
> 8-§  > Aug  6 22:57:25 stahlw06 vmunix: Detected Low Priority Machine Check.
> 8-§  > Aug  6 22:57:25 stahlw06 vmunix: LPMC type : SEDC (ECC-corrected single-bit error)
> 8-§  > Aug  6 22:57:25 stahlw06 vmunix: Error Address : 0x3123c58
> 8-§  > 
> 8-§  > appears in the log whenever a correctable one-bit error is found. But
> 8-§  > what happens on parisc-linux in such a case?
> 8-§  > 
> 
> 
> LPMC is a kind of error which has a less criticity than HPMC. In your
> case is due to a problem either on the CPU cache or on the RAM error.

It's a RAM Error. It happens just once every 3 months. Cosmic
radiation?!

> can indeed recognize the bank where the error occurred! Well after a
> certain amount of "single-bit error" the system provides a reboot;

I didn't know that!

But does parisc Linux do something similar?

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