From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Cc: Murray Jensen , Dan Malek , linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Message-ID: <393D6F1C.27C9A48E@lucent.com> Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 15:37:32 -0600 From: Steve Tarr MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Dan A. Dickey" Subject: Re: 8xx MMU Table Walk Base (was Re: kernel crashes at InstructionTLBMiss ) References: <23333.960273068@msa.cmst.csiro.au> <393DBB5F.DB509DA@charter.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: "Dan A. Dickey" wrote: Clip, clip, clip.... > > discussion groups). > > Murray, > as far as I know - you are maybe the only one running 2.3.x on > a powerpc. Most of the kernels that one can find lying about > are 2.2.x (13/14? Can't remember at the moment). > > I, as well as others, definitely want to see 2.3.x or 2.4.0 running > on an embedded powerpc. > Hey, it does. I have 2.3.99-pre7 hacked and running on a MPC8260. Actually, a pretty clean port with the exception of handling the SCC as the console. > ... > > > Again, apologies for not providing enough information in my message - I made > > assumptions I shouldn't have. Obviously, on my first post I should have been > > completely anal, because no-one knows me from a bar of soap. I can then start > > to be less exacting after I have been around for a while. > > Everyone enjoys sarcasm... :) (Don't they?) > > > >Where did you get the sources? What > > >patches did you apply? What are your hardware details? What > > >modifications did you make? > > > > See above. > > > > >As for 2.4.xx, the 8xx still doesn't work correctly. However, I > > >discovered it failed to work after the 403 additions, so I am now > > >learning about the 403 in an effort to make everything live happily > > >together again. > > > > It was my feeling that the problems were to do with the new memory allocation > > stuff introduced a couple of months ago. > > > > >Note, this has nothing to do with M_TWB...... > > > > I know. Now that we have gotten past treating me like a dill, please can you > > re-read my original message and see if I am making any sense at all? I would > > very much appreciate some insights and even constructive criticism. Cheers! > > Murray... > > > > PS: I haven't contributed the Cogent platform changes yet, because I wasn't > > happy that I had done everything properly. This was really my first foray > > into taking part in the Linux/PPC embedded development community - I can't > > say it has been particularly successful (despite my good feelings about > > contributing a small fix a couple of days ago). I will try not to be too > > discouraged. > > That's the spirit! > I get more done asking stupid questions than I do pondering the elusive answer. Elephant hide and a resonable reputation of getting things done helps. Hang tough and have fun....... Cheers -- tarr > -Dan (A different one). > -- Steven Tarr Lucent Technologies - Bell Labs 303-538-4056 tarr@lucent.com ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/