On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 03:57:25PM +0100, Mark Fortescue wrote: > Benh's ptep_set_access_flags() patch needs to be applied in order to get > anyware with sun4c for all kernels >= linux-2.6.15. If not applied, you > will be lucky to get sash running as your init and even that will have > very limitit capabilities before it locks up the processor (power up > reset required). > It has been applied to both the kernels I used for testing so this > problem is independent of the ptep_set_access_flags patch but that > does not mean that it is not a related issue. > I will try to get some testing done over the weekend to narrow down > when the random illegal instructions first occour. > If I start with 2.6.21 then if that is OK, then I should be able to narow > the issue down without too much trouble. If it is between 2.6.20 and > 2.6.21 then it will be a right pig as there are a large number of commits > that don't compile for sun4c between these two. What I am hoping is that > it occours in the 2.6.22-rc2 as per the x86_64.
Sounds like I'll be digging through my hardware stockpiles this weekend to find a functional sun4c box. -- wli - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
