[Slackbuilds-users] Memtest86+-5.01 patch for hang with SMP test #7 at 22% done

[Kyle Guinn]

On 3/26/19, Richard Narron <richard at aaazen.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2019, Matteo Bernardini wrote:
>
>> Il giorno lun 25 mar 2019 alle ore 18:34 Richard Narron
>> <richard at aaazen.com> ha scritto:
>> >
>> > Two of my machines hang in the exact same spot when using the Slackware
>> > memtest with SMP (F2) at 22% done in test #7.
>> >
>> > There is a patch on forum.canardpc.com that fixes the problem:
>> >
>> > https://forum.canardpc.com/threads/117454-PATCH-Fix-for-Freeze-on-test-7-in-SMP-mode
>> >
>> > Also posted as memtest86+-7-smp.patch on debian in:
>> >
>> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=795421#25
>> >
>> > So with this patch and applying the 5 patches from Debian sid:
>> >
>> > https://sources.debian.org/src/memtest86+/5.01-3/debian/patches/
>> >
>> > I modified the memtest86+.SlackBuild for version 5.01, built it on
>> > Slackware 14.2 32-bit and got it working.
>> >
>> > It works well. There are no more hangs on test #7
>>
>> forwarding this to the maintainer.
>
> Thanks Matteo.  Apparently the "Cc:" addresses on posts are removed so
> nobody sees them.  I put all the names on the "To:".
>
> The Memtest86+ package only builds on 32-bit Slackware 14.2 and maybe
> earlier.
>
> I tried building on 32-bit Slackware-current and it built ok, but it froze
> when running test #1. So I have to do some more research/testing...

I've held back on updating both memtest86 and memtest86+ due to
problems trying to get them to run.  I'll take another try with those
patches and see if I have any better luck.

Thanks for the report!
-Kyle