Re: Memory tester for powerpc?
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> Due to the damn framebuffer, a ppc memory tester will need to
> carry along a good sized chunk of the kernel. With memtest86,
> only the Linux boot code is used.
Think `serial console' for your minimal kernel...
And what about putting the test in the very early boot code, so you can launch
it from OF and use OF text output routines?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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