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>Linux BadRAM Patch</H1
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> The objective of the <A
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is to run the Linux kernel in such a way that it can handle defective RAM modules.
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With defective RAM, I mean RAM which has some bits wrong at some (known)
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addresses. Normally, such RAM is considered useless and thrown away; the
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larger RAMs get, the higher the chances of failing addresses. With ever
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growing RAM sizes, it would therefore be pleasant to have an alternative to
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discarding of defective RAM chips.
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