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From: Greg KH <gregkh@g.o>
To: Kevin <gentoo-dev@××××××.biz>
Cc: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Major MCE problem with SMP on Gentoo kernels
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 15:59:48
Message-Id: 20040513155409.GA15192@kroah.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Major MCE problem with SMP on Gentoo kernels by Kevin
1 On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 07:06:12AM -0400, Kevin wrote:
2 >
3 > Greg KH thinks it's bad memory,
4
5 It's not only me, it's memtest86 saying it :)
6
7 > but I'm skeptical of that because the main address that fails (some 30
8 > times in a row) is at 1023.8MB and the Dell Utilities only test up to
9 > 1022MB, and because I haven't seen the problem with the liveCD kernel.
10
11 Maybe that's the fault of the Dell utilities. Seriously, I trust
12 memtest86 over any other vendor specific test. If you don't want to
13 believe it, that's fine, but I would really consider fixing that issue
14 before trying to point the finger at the kernel or the Gentoo install.
15
16 thanks,
17
18 greg k-h
19
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