The release of the Memtest86+ 8.0 memory testing program is now available. The program is not tied to operating systems and can be launched directly from the BIOS/UEFI firmware or from a bootloader for a complete memory check. If problems are detected, the built-in Memtest86+ bad memory map can be used in the Linux kernel to exclude problematic areas with the memmap option. The project code is distributed under the GPLv2 license.
Key innovations:
- A dark mode theme has been optionally added.
- Support for new AMD and Intel CPU models has been implemented.
- The detection of multi-core CPUs has been accelerated.
- Information output for DDR5 memory temperature has been provided.
- Issues with the XMP (Extreme Memory Profile) 3.0 memory overclocking profile for DDR5 have been resolved.
- Improved support for BadRAM patterns to exclude defective memory areas from the address space.
- Enhanced detection of SPD (Serial Presence Detect) metadata on older Intel ICH (I/O Controller Hub).
- Improved support for the VTxxx serial console.
- Enhanced support for the LoongArch (LA664) processor architecture.
- Support for the CLang compiler and LLD linker has been added.
- Transitioned to providing a single executable file for systems with UEFI and BIOS.
Source: opennet.ru
