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List:       fedora-devel-list
Subject:    Re: New memory tester application potentially to replace memtest86+: PCMemTest
From:       Brandon Nielsen <nielsenb () jetfuse ! net>
Date:       2021-02-08 20:56:41
Message-ID: fd60b5fe-8c6f-e759-a99f-c2f4c76313b4 () jetfuse ! net
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On 2/8/21 2:44 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 2:46 AM Vít Ondruch <vondruch@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Being devils advocate, but should we have the memtest86 or similar by
>> default? I have certainly not used this feature in my 10+ yeas with Fedora.
>>
> 
> You mean get rid of it (from media and installations)? Because we
> install it unconditionally already, even though it's a BIOS only
> utility and there isn't a boot entry for it in the bootloader.
> 
> It's a bit obscure how to use it, given there's no menu entry for it.
> 
> 

There's also the fact it doesn't seem to work real well with modern 
hardware[0][1].

[0] - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1815742
[1] - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1869211
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