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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.mathworks.com!EU.net!main.Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!interface-business.de!usenet From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Why one should buy parity memory for reliability? Date: 2 Oct 1996 11:49:56 GMT Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden Lines: 13 Message-ID: <52tkt4$9uf@innocence.interface-business.de> References: <32485B0D.41C6@austin.ibm.com> <DyApK7.DL8@rockyd.rockefeller.edu> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Posting-Host: ida.interface-business.de X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.6 X-Phone: +49-351-31809-14 X-Fax: +49-351-3361187 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:28421 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5045 dan@dnn.rockefeller.edu (Dan Ts'o) wrote: > : If the Board supports the parity memory and error occurs then in > : theory the OS should be notified and the access should be reapeted. > > I don't know if the FreeBSD kernel attempts any repeats. No, it panics. -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de http://www.interface-business.de/~j