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From: "William J. Earl" <wje@fir.engr.sgi.com>
To: ralf@uni-koblenz.de
Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>, linux-mips@fnet.fr,
        linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com
Subject: Re: strange problem with my oli M700
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ralf@uni-koblenz.de writes:
 > On Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 09:27:05PM +0100, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
 > 
 > > I'm trying to read the firmware prom of my Olivetti M700 (Magnum 4000 clone).
 > > When access the address 0x9fc00000 (which is the KSEG0 address of the prom)
 > > the box freezes immidiately. Does anybody know why ? And how could I access
 > > the prom otherwise ?
 > 
 > Did you try uncached accesses via KSEG1?  I wouldn't wonder if the used
 > PROMs can't cope with the bursts generated for filling a cacheline.

     I am pretty certain that is the case for the Magnum.  That is, you
must use 0xbfc00000, not 0x9fc00000.