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.Dd October 10, 2006
.Os
.Dt ECC 4
.Sh NAME
.Nm ecc
.Nd ECC memory controller support
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To load this driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ecc_load="YES"
.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
device attaches to a ECC memory controller.
If ECC support is enabled in the BIOS, the device will poll the controller
once a second and report any corrections or uncorrectable errors.
.Sh HARDWARE
Currently, only the AMD64's memory controller is supported.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Dx 1.7 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Matthew Dillon .