From B10812 at freescale.com  Mon May 16 02:33:02 2011
From: B10812 at freescale.com (Aggrwal Poonam-B10812)
Date: Mon May 16 02:34:15 2011
Subject: [Lmbench-users] Can LMbench be used to ensure DDR stability
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Thanks !

Just one question.
Inline.

Regards
POonam


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry McVoy [mailto:lm@bitmover.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 8:15 PM
> To: Aggrwal Poonam-B10812
> Cc: lmbench-users@bitmover.com
> Subject: Re: [Lmbench-users] Can LMbench be used to ensure DDR stability
> 
> Get a debian cd, stick it and run memtestx86
Can I use it on a Linux PowerPC platform. Is there any version available for PowerPC.

> 
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 10:49:58AM +0000, Aggrwal Poonam-B10812 wrote:
> > Hello All
> >
> > I was trying to understand LMbench memory benchmarks.
> >
> > Can they (bw_mem and lat_mem) be use to ensure DDR stability of a
> system. I am working on MPC85xx processors with Linux.
> > As of now I am trying to look for some test cases  which can help to
> ensure that DDR controller has been configured correctly and optimally
> for a platform.
> >
> > From the outside it looks more that these benchmarks give idea of
> memory organizations and memory latencies.
> >
> > Some more questions:
> > 1. Does LMbench report ECC error if encountered?
> > 2. How much stress can I put onto DDR using LMbench.
> >
> > Many Thanks
> > Poonam
> 
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