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Arun_Prabakatr
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9 months ago

Validating ECC Functionality on Custom Agilex 5 SOM in Linux Kernel

We are now looking to validate ECC (Error Correction Code) functionality on our custom Agilex 5 System-on-Module (SOM) running Linux. Our objective is to ensure that ECC is correctly enabled and func...
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Arun_Prabakatr
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9 months ago

Hi Nirav,
Thanks for your support. We’re using kernel version 6.12.11 with QPD 25.1, and we were able to find the driver CONFIG_EDAC_ALTERA_IO96B. Could you please let us know the related driver we should use to test and validate?

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9 months ago

Hi Arun, 

As I mentioned in my previous reply, you can use the Linux EDAC driver to ensure that ECC error reporting path is functioning. So whenever there is any single bit or double bit ECC error occurs on DDR, Linux EDAC driver will provide the notification with the error info.