Markus W Kilbinger wrote:

> Isn't it possible to turn the cache off just for testing purposes,
> just to see if the problem is still present then?

In general you can't turn off the L1 cache on MIPS chips.  Certain CPU
cores allow you to play with the size of the L1 cache, including totally
disabling it (an implemetation of the MIPS 4Kc comes to mind), but this
ability is rare.

Simon.
--
Simon Burge                            <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
NetBSD Support and Service:         http://www.wasabisystems.com/