A new memtest program included in next Fedora ?

[Martin Andersen]

Hi!

I noticed the new program memtest86+, based on memtest86, which
hasn't had a release since 22. May 2002.
Maybe this will be part of Fedora 2 ?

*Enhancement in v1.0 (Based on Memtest86 V3.0) :*

    * Lots of bug-fixes, works now with all AMD64.
    * Added detection for Athlon 64 / Opteron
    * Added detection for latest Athlon XP (including Barton)
    * Added detection for latest Pentium 4 (including Prescott)
    * Added detection for SiS735/740/745/748/755/645/655
    * Added detection for ATi Radeon 9100 IGP (RS300)
    * Added detection for nVidia nForce/nForce2(400/Ultra)/nForce3/nForce3-S
    * Added detection for VIA KT266(A)/333/KT400(A)/KT600/PT800/PT880/K8T800
    * Added detection for i865P/PE/G/i875P/E7500/E7501/E7205
    * ECC initialization & ECC polling added for all AMD64 CPUs
    * ECC initialization & ECC polling added for i875P and E7501 & E7205
    * Added complete advanced settings detection for i875P, AMD64 and
      nForce2.
    * Added partial advanced settings detection for KT266(A)/KT333.
    * Corrected ECC Error not counted as a global error anymore.
    * Added a "safe-mode" (press F1 when memtest86+ loading) in case of
      freeze.
    * Source code now compatible with gcc 3


Webpage: http://www.memtest.org/


Martin.