From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id f6GKbYw27537 for linux-mips-outgoing; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 13:37:34 -0700 Received: from mimi.clarku.edu (mimi.clarku.edu [140.232.1.10]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id f6GKbXV27534 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 13:37:33 -0700 Received: from localhost ([140.232.202.11]) by CLARKU.EDU (PMDF V5.2-27 #30607) with ESMTP id <01K607H86ZGY935IZ1@CLARKU.EDU> for linux-mips@oss.sgi.com; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:36:58 EST Received: from gjohnson by localhost with local (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15MF7A-0003DH-00 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:37:12 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:37:12 -0400 From: Greg Johnson Subject: Linux on a 100MHz r4000 indy? To: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Message-id: <20010716163712.B12104@superweasel.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk I have tried recently to get Debian installed on a 100MHz r4000 indy. I got it to install and boot the base system, but when I upgrade to the more recent libc6, I get Bus Errors when I run things like "ls". I understand that this is related to the MIPS_ATOMIC/ll/sc stuff that has been discussed here lately. So, I tried the fast-sysmips patch. This changed the Bus Errors to Segfaults. I also have another indy with a 175MHz r4400. This machine seems to work fine even without the fast-sysmips patch. So what's the deal? Are the r4000 and r4400 that different? It's my understanding that both the r4000 and the r4400 support the ll/sc instructions. Should I expect bad/broken hardware on the r4000 machine? Thanks, Greg