[LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

Peter Stuge peter at stuge.se
Thu Dec 20 16:21:10 CET 2007


On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 10:34:15PM +0800, aaron lwe wrote:
> //Until you can successfully run memtest86 as a payload and it reports
> //zero errors, RAM has not yet been configured correctly.
> 
> OK, I get it. Thanks.
> Memtest86 reports errors at memory address
> 1MB, 5MB, 9MB, 13MB, 17MB, ... not sure what's wrong.

Many addresses around there or only exactly 1MB, 5MB etc?


> corey's original patch couldn't pass ram_check, and I have no idea
> why.

Probably some small differences between your board and his, which is
causing timing problems between the memory controller and RAM. :(


//Peter




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