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SubjectRe: memtest86, built into kernel
On 23 Apr 96 at 1:59, Robert Riggs wrote:

> >From Intel:
> Soft errors are temporary; a bit of data is lost, but

...from a hardware point of view. For a running Linux kernel these
errors will stay. Who should rewrite the correct value.

> the memory cell still functions correctly and rewriting
> the data in the cell corrects the error. Soft errors
> are intermittent errors that occur as a result of the
> passage of ionizing radiation through the memory cells
> of semiconductor devices. The most common source of this
> radiation is alpha particles generated as a result of
> the decay of thorium and uranium, which are found in
> trace amounts in the packaging materials of all plastic
> and ceramic encapsulated devices [3,4].
>
Ulrich


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