>   I then removed the option CYRIX_CACHE_REALLY_WORKS form my kernel, so that 
the
>   Cyrix cache now works in a hold flush mode, and build the large GENERIC I w
as
>   trying. No problems after that. worked like a dream.

>That doesn't surprise me at all.  There's a good reason that option is
>not documented anywhere.

To elaborate: that option is intended for people who have motherboards
(1) designed *specifically* for DLC-type chips, and (2) which have
*correct* and *complete* bus-mastering and cache-coherency support in
the hardware.  If you don't have these, chances are your cache doesn't
"REALLY_WORK", and you shouldn't have that enabled.

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  Michael L. VanLoon                                 michaelv@HeadCandy.com
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