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diff --git a/Documentation/bad_memory.txt b/Documentation/bad_memory.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 5cac93e27a97..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/bad_memory.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -How to deal with bad memory e.g. reported by memtest86+ ? -========================================================= - -March 2008 -Jan-Simon Moeller, dl9pf@gmx.de - - - -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 kernel-parameters.txt 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 - |