Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.x on 8xx status

From: Marcelo Tosatti <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 12:47:31 -0300

On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 01:41:50PM +0300, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
> Song Sam wrote:
>=20
> >Pantelis Antoniou <[email-masked]> wrote=A3=BA
> >
> >>Well it works OK until it gets to start init.
> >>
> >>Then it crashes the way it is supposed to :).
> >>
> >>Tom I think it's the problem we are talking about.
> >>
> >>Song please try this...
> >>
> >
> >Guess what? It WORKED!!! Just one more line make it.
> >Could you pls tell us the theory in it if not too
> >complicated? :-)
> >
> >Well Done!
> >
> Oh man Dan will kill me :)
>=20
> The theory is simple, TLB handling is faulty for 8xx.
>=20
> This patch fixes it but Dan & Ben think it's just by
> coincedence and we should fix it properly.

Hi Pantelis, others,

And what has to be done to be fixed properly?=20

Ie what is the problem in detail?