Linux 6.1 is in the patch merge phase, and a kernel developer asked Linus Torvalds if he missed a Git pull request. The Linux author confirmed on Sunday that he is now executing merge queues at a very slow rate due to memory issues. Torvalds’ main work computer is an AMD Threadripper 3970x workstation, which has had stability issues with random memory corruption errors for the past few days. He thought it was a new kernel bug at first, but after checking it was found to be a memory problem . He ordered new ECC memory sticks to replace the old ones. Torvalds, who assembled the new computer in the early days of the new crown epidemic, when ECC memory sticks were scarce and expensive, publicly complained about Intel’s marketing, claiming that ECC memory was for servers and embedded devices, making it difficult for ordinary users to buy it. Inexpensive ECC memory sticks.
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