09-21, 11:45–12:30 (Europe/Dublin), Foyer A
We've all heard stories of the dreaded cosmic ray angrily flipping bits
in your RAM. But how much does it matter, really? And, more
importantly, how do you tell?
This talk will cover an overview of hardware architecture around
detecting and correcting memory errors, software support for handling
them and other types of hardware errors, and stories of memory errors
in the real world.
And, if the stars align, perhaps we'll have a live demo.
Taylor ‘Riastradh’ Campbell has been a NetBSD developer since 2011,
working on various areas including cryptography, device drivers, and
multiprocessor safety, and is a member of the NetBSD core team and The
NetBSD Foundation board.