RE: switching linux kernels
From: Julia Elbert <hidden>
Date: 2000-09-26 18:24:39
Thanks Dan and Graham. I am in the process of switching to 2.2.14. But, just for your knowledge, my bug was fixed by turning off the Copy-Back Data Cache fixed my problem. Now, back to my move to 2.2.14. Thank you again, Julia -----Original Message----- From: Julia Elbert [mailto:jelbert@enerdyne.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 9:59 AM To: 'Dan Malek'; 'linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org' Subject: RE: switching linux kernels Hi Dan, We don't need caching, can we turn it off? Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Dan Malek [mailto:dan@mvista.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 8:55 AM To: Julia Elbert Cc: 'linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org' Subject: Re: switching linux kernels Julia Elbert wrote: > I am switching to HardHat 2.2.13 from ppc 2.2.13. > .....whatsoever, just the data is corrupted some how. Depending upon the flavor of the day ppc 2.2.13, it could be a cache configuration difference. The old 2.2.13 kernels often had the data cache in the write-through mode to avoid a variety of bugs in both hardware and software. The HHLinux 2.2.13 (and all later kernels) run with copy-back data cache and subsequent silicon errata fixes, so there may be a cache coherency hole in the way your driver manages it's space. -- Dan ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/