Dear All,
I have in-kernel memtest enabled. It lets me know it's there at boot
time by writing the stuff I've appended below to /var/log/messages.
But can I expect it to write something to a log anywhere if and when
it finds and isolates any faulty RAM?
--
Thanks,
Dan
2011-05-08T12:29:09.957840+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
early_memtest: # of tests: 17
2011-05-08T12:29:09.957865+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.957888+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.957911+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.957956+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.957981+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.958004+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.958027+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.958051+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.958075+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.958097+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.958121+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.958908+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.958988+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959015+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959039+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959063+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959087+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959109+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959132+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959155+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959178+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959201+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959245+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959271+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959295+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959319+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959342+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959366+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959496+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959526+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959549+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959568+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959611+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959637+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959661+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959684+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959707+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959731+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959755+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959910+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959939+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.959985+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960009+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960032+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960055+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960079+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960102+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960126+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960148+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960172+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960194+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960242+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960268+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960291+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960315+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960339+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960362+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960386+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960410+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960434+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960477+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960503+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960527+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960549+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960572+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960595+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960618+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960642+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960664+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.960687+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961470+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961501+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961526+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961548+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961571+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961592+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961613+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961635+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961656+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961676+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961719+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961743+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961765+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961831+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961856+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
0001bf6000 - 00377fe000 pattern 4c494e5558726c7a
2011-05-08T12:29:09.961880+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
early_memtest: wipe out test pattern from memory
2011-05-08T12:29:09.961903+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961927+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961951+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.961996+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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2011-05-08T12:29:09.962021+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000]
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