Re: GPL'ing Solaris won't save SUN

[Casper H . S . Dik]

Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org> writes:

>Kernel panics resulting from memory getting scribbled on
>inappropriately have been the "canonical" problem.  The memory has
>been replaced, repetitively.  CPUs and carriers have been replaced, ad
>nauseum.

Memory getting scribbled over looks more like a software
problem than a hardware problem.  (Somewhat dependign on
the pattern)

It's certainly not a usual problem (what OS version was it
running, what additional software, specficially kernel components,
and was it ever run with "set kmem_flags = 0xf")

It pains me to see unhappy customers; and you story is particularly
uncharacteristic as far as I can tell.

Casper
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