patch/option to wipe memory at boot?

2007-09-20 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Is there a patch or a boot option or something which wipes all available (physical) RAM at boot (or better, fills it with a fixed signature like 0xdeadbeef)? I'm getting phony ECC errors and I'd like to test whether they go away when the RAM is properly initialized. Also, I'd like to know

Re: patch/option to wipe memory at boot?

2007-09-20 Thread Bodo Eggert
Chris Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Madore wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 11:11:52AM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: >>> Boot memtest86 for a little while before booting the kernel? And if you >>> haven't already run it for a while, then that would be your first step >>> anyway.

Re: patch/option to wipe memory at boot?

2007-09-20 Thread Bodo Eggert
Chris Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Madore wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 11:11:52AM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: Boot memtest86 for a little while before booting the kernel? And if you haven't already run it for a while, then that would be your first step anyway. Indeed,

patch/option to wipe memory at boot?

2007-09-20 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Is there a patch or a boot option or something which wipes all available (physical) RAM at boot (or better, fills it with a fixed signature like 0xdeadbeef)? I'm getting phony ECC errors and I'd like to test whether they go away when the RAM is properly initialized. Also, I'd like to know

Re: patch/option to wipe memory at boot?

2007-09-19 Thread Chris Snook
David Madore wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 11:11:52AM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: Boot memtest86 for a little while before booting the kernel? And if you haven't already run it for a while, then that would be your first step anyway. Indeed, that does the trick, thanks for the

Re: patch/option to wipe memory at boot?

2007-09-19 Thread Chris Snook
David Madore wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 11:11:52AM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: Boot memtest86 for a little while before booting the kernel? And if you haven't already run it for a while, then that would be your first step anyway. Indeed, that does the trick, thanks for the

Re: patch/option to wipe memory at boot?

2007-09-17 Thread David Madore
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 11:11:52AM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > Boot memtest86 for a little while before booting the kernel? And if you > haven't already run it for a while, then that would be your first step > anyway. Indeed, that does the trick, thanks for the suggestion. So I can be

Re: patch/option to wipe memory at boot?

2007-09-17 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
David Madore wrote: > Is there a patch or a boot option or something which wipes all > available (physical) RAM at boot (or better, fills it with a fixed > signature like 0xdeadbeef)? I'm getting phony ECC errors and I'd like > to test whether they go away when the RAM is properly initialized. >

patch/option to wipe memory at boot?

2007-09-17 Thread David Madore
Hi, Is there a patch or a boot option or something which wipes all available (physical) RAM at boot (or better, fills it with a fixed signature like 0xdeadbeef)? I'm getting phony ECC errors and I'd like to test whether they go away when the RAM is properly initialized. Also, I'd like to know

patch/option to wipe memory at boot?

2007-09-17 Thread David Madore
Hi, Is there a patch or a boot option or something which wipes all available (physical) RAM at boot (or better, fills it with a fixed signature like 0xdeadbeef)? I'm getting phony ECC errors and I'd like to test whether they go away when the RAM is properly initialized. Also, I'd like to know

Re: patch/option to wipe memory at boot?

2007-09-17 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
David Madore wrote: Is there a patch or a boot option or something which wipes all available (physical) RAM at boot (or better, fills it with a fixed signature like 0xdeadbeef)? I'm getting phony ECC errors and I'd like to test whether they go away when the RAM is properly initialized. Also,

Re: patch/option to wipe memory at boot?

2007-09-17 Thread David Madore
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 11:11:52AM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: Boot memtest86 for a little while before booting the kernel? And if you haven't already run it for a while, then that would be your first step anyway. Indeed, that does the trick, thanks for the suggestion. So I can be