* RAMpage should now be ready to run, for example:

```./main.py --help``` gives an explanation for the parameters and switches.

Be aware that RAMpage is a prototype, not production-ready software.
One detail you certainly will have to change before using it in a multiuser
environment is the access permissions to /proc/kpagecount and /proc/kpageflags
(rampage/module/rebuild.sh currently chmod's these to 0444) and especially the
module's own /proc/phys_mem (currently 0777).

Patches and ports to new kernel versions and other kernels welcome!


## Publications

A detailed description, and measurements on both effectiveness and efficiency,
can be found in the following two publications:

* H. Schirmeier, J. Neuhalfen, I. Korb, O. Spinczyk, and M. Engel.
[RAMpage: Graceful degradation management for memory errors in commodity
Linux servers](http://danceos.org/publications/PRDC-2011-Schirmeier.pdf).
In *Proceedings of the 17th IEEE Pacific Rim International Symposium on
Dependable Computing (PRDC '11)*, pages 89-98, Pasadena, CA, USA, Dec. 2011.
IEEE Computer Society Press.

* H. Schirmeier, I. Korb, O. Spinczyk, and M. Engel. [Efficient online memory
error assessment and circumvention for Linux with
RAMpage](http://danceos.org/publications/IJCCBS-2013-Schirmeier.pdf).
*International Journal of Critical Computer-Based Systems*,
4(3):227-247, 2013.  Special Issue on PRDC 2011 Dependable Architecture and
Analysis.

The code in this repository is licensed under the GNU General Public License
(GPL), Version 2.