Subject: Re: kernel panic on 4000SC during boot, what now?
To: bob meader <bob@cci.net>
From: Mark Abene <phiber@radicalmedia.com>
List: port-arc
Date: 09/29/2000 20:18:26
If you'd be willing to build me a kernel that fits on a floppy, I'd be more
than happy to try it out and post results.  I'm eager to get this thing booted!

Cheers,
-Mark

On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 04:49:17PM -0700, bob meader wrote:
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> > In message <20000928151525.H10263@radicalmedia.com> Mark Abene writes:
> > : Unfortunately it panics very early in the boot process.  What now???
> > ...
> > : Please fix implementation of mips3_*Flush*Cache
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> I did a quick look at mips/mips/machdep.c where the error
> occurrs...according
> to source (in mips/mips/machdep.c) secondaryl2 cache needs to be set..
> The output you have since it isn't ( "L2 cache: unknown size...")..
> The cache is set or rather should be set in arc/arc/machdep.c but
> it isn't being set for Magnum( defaults to 0). The fix might be
> to set L2 cache correctly (or the assumption in /mips/mips/machdep.c
> you must have a secondaryL2 cache is wrong)..
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