linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.28.2 kernel bug

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Message-ID: <49C5370B.9010500@xs4all.nl>
Date:	Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:50:51 +0100
From:	Udo van den Heuvel <udovdh@...all.nl>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.28.2 kernel bug

Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
 >> Also the links I posted might point in the direction of a kernel issue?
 >
 > Do you have ECC memory?

Nope.
Do you?
On the other hand: if it WERE a RAM glitch that caused this, how long 
would I have to test for it to appear? (given many months of relative 
problemfree uptime and no seemingly permanent damage to RAM, the amount 
and speed of RAM, CPU...)

Also: how do we discern between hardware issues and software problems in 
such cases as this? (so at least I can understand)
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