From: Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com>
To: Steven Blakeslee <BlakesleeS@embeddedplanet.com>
Cc: "'linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org'"
<linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org>,
"'etux@embeddedtux.org'" <etux@embeddedtux.org>
Subject: Re: good learning experience for Linux
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:58:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4087EBAD.1070803@kegel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D73A25AA6E54D511AD74009027B1110F5BB1A2@ORION>
Steven Blakeslee wrote:
> I sent a message earlier today about getting a "swap_dup: Bad swap file
> entry 0e18d55c" error. I found the problem and fixed it and wanted to share
> it with people who are still learning this stuff, like myself.
>
> After 2 days of pounding on my head I found the file
> Documentation/powerpc/cpu_features.txt It explained how the file
> arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c has a list of the known powerPC PVRs(processor
> version register). The 8248 was not in there so it was using a default
> entry. That was the cause of my problems. I added a new entry for the 8248
> and all is working. My lesson was a little research makes things much
> nicer. Lesson learned.
So, is this already in the latest kernel sources? If not,
have you considered sending in a patch?
- Dan
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2004-04-22 15:55 good learning experience for Linux Steven Blakeslee
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