Bug#613321: linux-image-amd64: Please enable 'memtest' option for all linux kernels

[Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@member.fsf.org>]

On Monday 05 December 2011 16:53:22 Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Your request cannot be satisfied since the MEMTEST option is only
> available for x86.  However, I suspect that's all you really care about.

So the feature won't be available on amd64?

Just x86 is a bit disappointing but certainly better than nothing.

I care about availability of this function and about decision making as well.
I took a very long time to make it where we are now...

> Since this feature requires almost no extra memory (the code is all
> discardable after boot) I'm prepared to enable it.  However, I will
> modify it to taint the kernel if any memory fault is detected, on the
> basis that there are likely to be other undetected faults.

This appears to be a good idea.

Thank you very very much.

Dmitry.