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+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