Subject: Re: Cache Chip Bug
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: James Sharp <jsharp@psychoses.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 07/07/2000 03:49:14
On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Rick Kelly wrote:

> Anthony DeLorenzo said:
> 
> >Searching the archives revealed this output in a few dmesg dumps, so I'm
> >assuming that this is normal, but nevertheless....  My SS2 w/PowerUp
> >reports this when it boots:
> >
> >cpu0 at mainbus0: cache chip bug; trap page uncached: W8601/8701 or
> >MB86903 @ 40Mhz, on-chip FPU
> 

from sys/arch/sparc/sparc/cpu.c

/* Machines with "buserr-type" 1 have a bug in the cache chip that affects
traps. */

The "cache chip bug; trap page uncached" message is the kernel activating
a workaround for this bug.