From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:22:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gateway-1237.mvista.com ([63.81.120.158]:59092 "EHLO gateway-1237.mvista.com") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S28646200AbXABVWB (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 21:22:01 +0000 Received: from [10.0.0.139] (prometheus.mvista.com [10.0.0.139]) by hermes.mvista.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E8B51C5C1; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 13:21:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <459ACCF2.5000500@mvista.com> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 13:21:54 -0800 From: mlachwani User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061206) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sathesh babu Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Running linux-2.6.18 kernel in uncache area References: <30660.40204.qm@web7910.mail.in.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <30660.40204.qm@web7910.mail.in.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 13537 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: mlachwani@mvista.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips sathesh babu wrote: > Hi, > I would like to know is there any configuration option ( using make > menuconfig) to turn off cache in linux-2.6.18 kernel. > > Basically i would like to run kernel in uncache area. > > I see there is an option in the in the menuconfig under > Kernel hacking > [ ] Run uncached (NEW) > Sould i need to enable this option to run in the uncahe area? > > Could you please tell me how to disable cache and run the kernel in > uncache area. > > > > Regards, > Sathesh > > Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. > Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php > That should be it. Did you try with that option MIPS_UNCACHED enabled? thanks, Manish Lachwani