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From: "Tommy S. Christensen" <tch@avanticore.com>
To: Venkata Rajesh Bikkina <rajeshbv@intotoinc.com>
Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: RAMDISK problem on 79s334A board.
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 14:30:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CE3A675.486BC12A@avanticore.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.10.10205161551090.1409-100000@brahma.intotoind.com

Venkata Rajesh Bikkina wrote:
> 
> Hi Tommy,
> 
> I am using 2.4.3 code and in that linux/mm/vmallo.c contains the following
> code which is slightly different from the patch you gave.
> 
>         } while (address && (address < end));
>         unlock_kernel();
>         flush_tlb_all();
>         return ret;
> 
> Can you please suggest how to modify this.
> 
> Regards,
> --Rajesh
> 

2.4.3 is quite old, so upgrading the kernel would clearly be a good idea.

Anyway, if you want to try this fix then you should remove the call to
flush_cache_all() at the top of vmalloc_area_pages() and change the line
flush_tlb_all() to flush_cache_all().

 -Tommy

      reply	other threads:[~2002-05-16 12:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-15  8:42 RAMDISK problem on 79s334A board Venkata Rajesh Bikkina
2002-05-15 11:00 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-15 11:00   ` Alan Cox
2002-05-15 12:00   ` Venkata Rajesh Bikkina
2002-05-15 13:28     ` Alan Cox
2002-05-15 13:28       ` Alan Cox
2002-05-16  8:52       ` Tommy S. Christensen
2002-05-16 10:22         ` Venkata Rajesh Bikkina
2002-05-16 12:30           ` Tommy S. Christensen [this message]

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