linux-kernel - Re: Opteron ECC/ChipKill error

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Date:	Tue, 8 Feb 2011 18:09:16 +0100
From:	martin f krafft <madduck@...duck.net>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Opteron ECC/ChipKill error

also sprach Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org> [2011.02.08.1524 +0100]:
> Yeah, well, keep your fingers crossed. Just to reiterate, getting ECCs
> is not a problem per se - they may appear even during normal operation
> and in this case get corrected just fine by the memory controller.

That's what I thought. Many thanks for confirming it.

> > Don't want to spam the list, so:
> > http://scratch.madduck.net/__tmp__dmesg.gz
> 
> Ah ok, this is a .32 kernel and it doesn't have the information I was
> looking for. I've changed that in later kernels so that EDAC dumps the
> DRAM chip selects placement on the memory controller.

Excellent to see you are working to improve this. If the problems
increase, then I shall either turn on CONFIG_EDAC_DEBUG or upgrade
to 2.6.38.

Thank you for your help!

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