Subject: ANNOUNCE: New kernels
To: None <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Mark Brinicombe <amb@physig4.ph.kcl.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 10/30/1996 20:42:51
Hi,
  Ok new kernel time again.

Usual place  ;-)

The following kernels now have csc driver installed.

a7000-4704.gz replaces a7000-4702.gz
voy-4704.gz replaces voy-4702.gz

Also added
prot-4704.gz based on the PROTAGONIST config

A new SA110 kernel is also available

sa110-4713.gz

This is now aware of the StrongARM STM^ bug. I have spent the last couple of
week trying to trace a bug in StrongARm kernels. The solution for the released
StrongARM kernels was to turn the cache and write buffer off the kernel SVC32
mode stack pages.
This of course affect performance etc.

Now that DEC have announced the bug in pre revision 3 SA-110 chips I have found
that the bug I was chasing was hardware not my software.

Note: this is an experimental kernel as the work around seems to have cured the
problem but has not be completely tested. I would be interested to here of any
problems and wether folks thing this kernel is any faster that the other SA
kernels.

Cheers,
				Mark


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