Re: Include spdmem(4) in GENERIC amd64 & i386 kernels?

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Mon, 8 Dec 2008, Jared D. McNeill wrote:

> > Does anyone have any objections to adding spdmem(4) to GENERIC kernels on 
> > i386 and amd64?
>
> Is there any functional reason to add them, or is it purely for the dmesg 
> pr0n?

Purely for the dmesg output, and making the data available via sysctl 
for those who would like to run that data against decode-dimms utility.

(I'm currently working with the decode-dimms folks to update it to work 
with DDR3.)

As earlier reported, the footprint is extremely small (IIRC, I found a 
difference of about 8KB), and the change does NOT include adding any 
sort of scan of the i2c bus;  this is still optional since it caused 
some problems on certain systems when previously enabled.


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