From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from az33egw02.freescale.net (az33egw02.freescale.net [192.88.158.103]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "az33egw02.freescale.net", Issuer "Thawte Premium Server CA" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4189FDDDE7 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:57:51 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <48861161.8050707@freescale.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:57:05 -0500 From: Jon Loeliger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: joachim.bader@diehl-aerospace.de Subject: Re: Help: Kernel BUG with U-boot 1.1.4 and kernel 2.6.23 scanning PCIe on a MPC8641D board References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , joachim.bader@diehl-aerospace.de wrote: > > Hello folks, > > we run a proprietary board with Freescale MPC8641D using U-boot 1.1.4 > and Linux kernel 2.6.23 > > I read in the logs some messages that 2.6.23 does contain some bugs > related to PCIe Correct. > and it would be a good choice to upgrade to 2.6.25. Is > this one of that cases? Almost certainly. You should pick up top of tree if you can. > Currently we would like to prevent switching the kernel version. You could back-port the PCIe bug fixes and rewrite if you wanted. My guess is that a _trial_ run of the current top of tree, or at least 2.6.26 might Just Work and fix your issues. It would be less work to try it than do discover-n-back-port... jdl