3.8.7. memtester - memory stress-testing

3.8.7.1. Usage

memtester [-p PHYSADDR [-d DEVICE]] [-m TESTMASK] <MEMORY>[k|M|G] [ITERATIONS]

3.8.7.2. Synopsis

Options: -p PHYSADDR tells memtester to test a specific region of memory starting at physical address PHYSADDR (given in hex), by mmaping a device specified by the -d option (below, or /dev/mem by default).

-d DEVICE a device to mmap

-m TESTMASK bitmask to select desired tests

MEMORY the amount of memory to allocate and test in bytes. You can include a suffix of K, M, or G to indicate kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes respectively.

ITERATIONS (optional) number of loops to iterate through. Default is infinite.