From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.179]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3173DDE0D for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 15:03:07 +1000 (EST) From: Stefan Roese To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 4xx: Workaround for CHIP_11 Errata Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 06:57:00 +0200 References: <20080515094346.3338e1f3@zod.rchland.ibm.com> <20080515163104.18f0a613@lappy.seanm.ca> <20080515160734.4e4ea759@zod.rchland.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <20080515160734.4e4ea759@zod.rchland.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200805160657.00300.sr@denx.de> Cc: Sean MacLennan List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thursday 15 May 2008, Josh Boyer wrote: > > "Josh Boyer" wrote: > > > This implements the recommended workaround for this errata for chips > > > that use older versions of firmware that do not already handle it. > > > The last 4KiB of memory are hidden from the kernel to prevent the > > > problem transactions from occurring. > > > > Do you know which versions of firmware have this problem? > > Any U-Boot older than 1.3.3-rc1. Not sure about PIBS, but I don't > think the version that is on my Bamboo board has a fix for it. PIBS will definitely have this problem too. This errata is quite new on 440EP/GR. Best regards, Stefan