Em Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:19:32 -0600 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> escreveu: > The last release of this tool was for 2.6.28; it's hard to see how it has > any relevance to current kernels. I suspect that only the BadRAM data there is obsolete. Anyway, I'm fine if you want to remove this one. > > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/admin-guide/bad-memory.rst | 50 -------------------------------- > Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst | 1 - > 2 files changed, 51 deletions(-) > delete mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/bad-memory.rst > > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/bad-memory.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/bad-memory.rst > deleted file mode 100644 > index a5c0e25e496f..000000000000 > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/bad-memory.rst > +++ /dev/null > @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ > -How to deal with bad memory e.g. reported by memtest86+ ? > -========================================================= > - > -March 2008 > -Jan-Simon Moeller, dl9pf@xxxxxx > - > - > - > -There are three possibilities I know of: > - > -1) Reinsert/swap the memory modules > - > -2) Buy new modules (best!) or try to exchange the memory > - if you have spare-parts > - > -3) Use BadRAM or memmap > - > -This Howto is about number 3) . > - > - > -BadRAM > -###### > - > -BadRAM is the actively developed and available as kernel-patch > -here: http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/ > - > -For more details see the BadRAM documentation. > - > -memmap > -###### > - > -memmap is already in the kernel and usable as kernel-parameter at > -boot-time. Its syntax is slightly strange and you may need to > -calculate the values by yourself! > - > -Syntax to exclude a memory area (see admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst for details):: > - > - memmap=<size>$<address> > - > -Example: memtest86+ reported here errors at address 0x18691458, 0x18698424 and > -some others. All had 0x1869xxxx in common, so I chose a pattern of > -0x18690000,0xffff0000. > - > -With the numbers of the example above:: > - > - memmap=64K$0x18690000 > - > -or:: > - > - memmap=0x10000$0x18690000 > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst > index 2ce2bf02824b..d737ae71efc6 100644 > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst > @@ -58,5 +58,4 @@ configure specific aspects of kernel behavior to your liking. > binfmt-misc > mono > java > - bad-memory > basic-profiling Thanks, Mauro -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
