Re: [MPC5200] problem running FEC and ATA

[Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@pengutronix.de>]

On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 07:28:40PM +0200, Arnon Kaufman wrote:
> Robert Schwebel wrote:
> >On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 03:24:34PM +0200, Arnon Kaufman wrote:
> >>does any one succeed running a functional FEC and ATA (pata) running
> >>together?
> >
> >Yes, we do, on the phyCORE-MPC5200B-tiny; you can check our patches here:
> >http://www.pengutronix.de/oselas/bsp/phytec/download/phyCORE-MPC5200B-tiny/
>
> thanks, my kernels are already patched and still observing that kind of
> behavior. I'm using Domen's new FEC code and ATA from 2.6.24-rc2.
>
> playing with the XLB Master's enable and priority lead to significant
> changes (good ones) in the rate of corruption appearance. I'm afraid of
> the "new" priority I've set, as that may lead to lockups on the XLB,
> still investigating.

Do you have a reproducable test scenario we can try on our hardware?

Robert
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