Linus Torvalds comments on ECC memory

[comet--berkeley]

From Phoronix on January 3:
Linus Torvalds On The Importance Of ECC RAM, Calls Out Intel's "Bad Policies" Over ECC

[cynwulf]

...but these f*ckers happily sold broken hardware to consumers and claimed it was an "attack", when it always was "we're cutting corners"."

True indeed, but wonder what the Intel "f*ckers" on the Linux Foundation Board of Directors and Technical Advisory Board think of his comments?

It's also worth noting that the same "f*ckers" are "Platinum" donors, paying a large part of his exhorbitant salary and big contributors of code to Linux kernel.

[comet--berkeley]

Originally Posted by cynwulf

True indeed, but wonder what the Intel "f*ckers" on the Linux Foundation Board of Directors and Technical Advisory Board think of his comments?

It's also worth noting that the same "f*ckers" are "Platinum" donors, paying a large part of his exhorbitant salary and big contributors of code to Linux kernel.

Criticizing the messenger does not change the message.

Cosmic rays should be planned for in critical computer hardware. ECC memory is one way to cope.

Here is an article from MarineLink.com from last month:

Cosmic Rays, the 'Unseen Menace' for Maritime

[cynwulf]

I agree and on reflection that post was not one of my finer moments.

Intel have "led" the industry - and led the race to the bottom, in terms of quality and security, over the last two decades. They have been more interested and invested in performance (and in inserting the insidious management engine) than anything else.

They can't even seem to get their Linux vga driver stack right - that's been broken for I don't know how long - I gave up on a particular FreeBSD machine with Intel graphics and just installed a cheap Nvidia PCI-e card.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...ations-off-Opt

[bradley]

Originally Posted by cynwulf

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Intel have "led" the industry - and led the race to the bottom, in terms of quality and security, over the last two decades.
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Well said. There will be a day (and hopefully it's not far away) when finally I will have no Intel machine in use. That day will be a fine day.