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diff --git a/package/memtest86/Config.in b/package/memtest86/Config.in new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3a684b63c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/package/memtest86/Config.in @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +config BR2_PACKAGE_MEMTEST86 + bool "memtest86" + depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64 + help + Memtest86+ is a bootable standalone memory test program. + + Buildroot does not support packages with a '+' sign in their + name, which explains why it is named memtest86 and not + memtest86+. + + Memtest86+ is a utility designed to test whether your memory + is in working order. It repeatedly writes an enormous amount + of different patterns to all memory locations and reads them + back again and verifies whether the result of the read is the + same as what was written to memory. + + Memtest86+ will only work on 32-bit or 64-bit x86 targets. + It boots as an i486 program and autodetects hardware. It can + be added to the grub2 boot menu by adding the following lines + to the bottom of /boot/grub/grub.cfg - note the use of linux16. + + menuentry "Memtest86+" { + linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin + } + + Other boot loaders will have similar requirements. + + http://www.memtest.org |