From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:31:25 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:17803 "EHLO bacchus.dhis.org") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S8133644AbWDCKbQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Apr 2006 11:31:16 +0100 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by bacchus.dhis.org (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k33AgI7L006132; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 11:42:18 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k33AgF1p006131; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 11:42:15 +0100 Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 11:42:15 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Chuck Meade Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: corruption of load instruction offset Message-ID: <20060403104215.GA3150@linux-mips.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 11013 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 12:12:46AM -0400, Chuck Meade wrote: > I am seeing a very interesting/worrisome bug on an RM7965 cpu, which has > an E9000 core. I am running 2.6.14-rc1. Please take a look at the > behavior I describe and send me your thoughts. Thanks. Well, 2.6.14-rc1. The -rc1 part says it already. While the rc may stand for release candidate, they -rc1 kernels are definatly far from ready for a release. All the new features for the 2.6.14 but hardly any of the fixes. I really suggest you go either for 2.6.13 or upgrade to 2.6.14. Talking about upgrading, 2.6.16.1 is a good vintage for MIPS so far. Aside of this more general warning about -rc but especially -rc1 kernels I think the remainder of your analysis is correct ... Ralf