4-38 Compaq AlphaServer ES40 Service Guide
Options
-m
Timer. Prints out the run time of the pass. Default = off .
-z
Tests the specified memory address without allocation. Bypasses
all checking but allows testing in addresses outside of the main
memory heap. Also allows unaligned input.
CAUTION: This flag can overwrite the console. If the system
hangs, press the Reset button.
-d
Used only for march test (2). Uses this pattern as test pattern.
Default = 5’s
-h
Allocates test memory from the firmware heap.
-rs
Used only for random test (3). Uses this data as the random seed
to vary random data patterns generated. Default = 0.
-rb
Randomly allocates and tests all of the specified memory address
range. Allocations are done of block_size.
-mb
Memory barrier flag. Used only in the -f graycode test. When set
an mb is done after every memory access. This guarantees serial
access to memory.
-ba
Used only for block test (4). Uses the data stored at this address to
write to each block.