From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out.tiscali.be (spoolo2.tiscali.be [62.235.13.211]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E285482D for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 14:46:24 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <3F340C18.5020801@tiscali.be> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 20:46:16 +0000 From: Joel Soete MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Grant Grundler Cc: "Conan C. Albrecht" , parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org, debian-hppa@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: Debian on rp 7400 References: <25EEF58E-C82D-11D7-8F19-00039398B282@byu.edu> <20030806205220.GA6353@dsl2.external.hp.com> <3F336914.5020305@tiscali.be> <20030808163744.GA29158@dsl2.external.hp.com> In-Reply-To: <20030808163744.GA29158@dsl2.external.hp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Grant Grundler wrote: >BTW, this discussion really belongs on parisc-linux.org mailing list. >It's not specific to debian-hppa and is very kernel centric. > >On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 09:10:44AM +0000, Joel Soete wrote: > > >>>IIRC, "non-equivalently mapped aliases" >>> >>> > > > >>Is there much more detailed public doc some where about this stuff? >> >> > >sorry - I don't understand the problems well enough. >The PA 2.0 arch book might describe the cache behaviors sufficiently >to determine this will be a problem. > > > >>>BTW< this topic has been thoroughly discussed on parisc-linux >>>mailing list. See www.parisc-linux.org mailing list archives. >>> >>> > >google search for > equivalent mapped [parisc-linux site:lists.parisc-linux.org] > >yielded the original thread from Jerry Huck: > >http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/1999-December/008101.html > I see I was not yet in the list; at this very moment I was still battle to build a kernel from hpux and the first cd safe me :) > >I only partially understand what Jerry talking about and have no idea >how linux VM implementation collides with the aliasing rules. > > >Bjorn Helgaas posted a another thread two years later that might >be more helpful since it's specific to superdome (AFAIK same problems >as with N-class and L3000): > >http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/2001-April/012388.html > >I didn't see any direct followup to Bjorn's mail in the archive though >some discussion did occur in other forums (much later). > > > Well better starting point I will gona check, Thanks a lot, Joel