[Linux-ia64] Re: ia64 cache flushing?

Rusty Russell
2002-12-17T01:14:43Z

In message <20021216162551.B13547@twiddle.net> you write:
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 10:22:11AM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > Could someone who is Attuned with the way of ia64 linking and asm
> > please look at this? It's a userspace framework which tests the 2.5
> > module code (as modified by RTH to use shared objects rather than
> > simple object files). You can see 9 architectures already done, but
> > ia64 doesn't work, for reasons beyond my humble abilities.
>
> This has nothing to do with the icache.

Yes, subject line was stale, sorry for the miscue.

> The program crashes
> the first time it calls through the PLT, *not* on the first
> instruction it executes.
>
> The PLT has been relocated incorrectly. More in a moment...

Well, yes, something is wrong with the relocations. The asm there
looks OK (assuming I'm reading it correctly, which is not guaranteed),
and I thought I put everything in the right place, but obviously not
8( After two days on and off of trying to get ia64 to work, I passed
the buck. 8(

Thanks for doing the hard work,
Rusty.
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