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SubjectRe: Perform minimal RAM test at boot
Peter Steiner wrote:
> Does this work even with write back L1/L2 caches? I'm using a 2-pass
> algorithm to make sure the data really is written back and reread.

Another good reason for a 2-pass algorithm is to detect wraparound and
other aliasing conditions.

If your BIOS reports 32M, and you only have 16M, then on some machines
addressing the upper 16M accesses the same memory as the lower 16M.

-- Jamie

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