memtest86+ 4.00 released - new Intel CPU support, bug fixes, etc

[Chris Cheney]

Binary package hint: memtest86+

A new version of memtest86+ was released recently and should be in karmic if possible. There is already a bug in Debian to get it packaged asap. This version adds support for new unreleased Intel CPUs that will come out shortly after karmic and also has bug fixes for the new Intel CPUs released this month (Lynnfield). I just bought one and should have it in the next few days so can help to verify the new memtest86+ works properly.

I will update this to a sync request once it is packaged for Debian and will include the requisite photos proving it works properly as was done for the update I did for Ubuntu 9.04.

Chris

    *** Enhancements in v4.00 : ***

        * New Features
              o Major Architectural changes
              o First pass twice faster (reduced iterations)
              o Detect DDR2/3 brands and part numbers on Intel DDR2/3 chipsets
              o Added detection for Intel "Clarkdale" CPU
              o Added detection for Intel "Gulftown" CPU
              o Added detection for AMD "Magny-Cours" CPU
              o Added detection for Intel XMP Memory
              o Added for CPU w/ 0.5/1.5/3/6/12/16/18/24MB L3
              o Added "clean" DMI detection for DDR3/FBDIMM2
              o Better detection of Integrated Memory Controllers

        * Bug Fixes
              o Corrected detection for Intel "Lynnfield" CPU
              o Corrected detection for AMD 45nm K10 CPU
              o Solved crash with AMD Geode LX
              o Complies with SMBIOS 2.6.1 specs
              o Fixed compilation issues with gcc 4.2+
              o Many others bug fixes

PS : Memtest86+ "3.00" was skipped and renamed 4.00 in order to avoid confusion with the original Memtest.

[Felix Zielcke (fzielcke)]

4.00 has been merged into lucid now

memtest86+ (4.00-2ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian testing, remaining changes:
    - Makefile: Add -fno-stack-protector to CFLAGS, since this package does
      not link against libc.
    - debian/grub: check for existance of /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib
    - debian/postinst: Only run update-grub2 in postinst if
      /boot/grub/grub.cfg exists

memtest86+ (4.00-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix wrong integration of grub2 patch (Closes: #549125).

memtest86+ (4.00-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release (Closes: #548033).
  * Dropped obsolete patches for old gcc-4.3 bugs (works fine now), and
    for opteron (support for builtin memory controller was redone).
  * Update grub2 support file to use "linux16" command and use
    grub-mkconfig_lib instead of old update-grub_lib (Avi Rozen,
    Closes: #539907, #522345).
  * Update grub2 support file for systems where /boot is on a separate
    partition (Vasilis Vasaitis, Closes: #540572).

[LAZA (laza74)]

Would there be a backport to Karmic?

I'm shurely not the only one who's affected with this...
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memtest86+/+bug/378087