Subject: Re: 3.0_beta is STABLE after applying Valeriy E. Ushakov's patch (2.1?)
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Olev <hannula@gmail.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 10/29/2005 02:14:41
Just finished installing 3.0_BETA (with a patched cpu.c) on my ss5
with 160MHz TurboSparc CPU after 2 days of building release - no more
random coredumps and hangs. Good work Uwe!

Olev

On 10/29/05, Andreas_Hallmann <hallmann@ahatec.de> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Upgraded a turbo sparc system to 3.0_beta as of Oct 27, 2005 yesterday.
> Short resume: crashoholic, even dump core on MAKEDEV.
>
> So I got a bit of panic, .., release planed in two weeks.
> After hunting the bug for a day ... I read a bit port-sparc.... great ide=
a.
>
> Valeriy E. Ushakov's found a bug in cpu.c triggering a bug in cache.c. di=
sturbing cache flushing
> on cpu's with disjunct instruction and data cache, i.e. sparcs ;-)
>
>
> patching  3.0_beta as of Oct 27, 2005 with
>
>         cvs rdiff -r1.192 -r1.193 src/sys/arch/sparc/sparc/cpu.c
>
> gives a perfectly stable 3.0 beta.
>
> Thank you Uwe! Great work. Must have been hard to find that one.
>
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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> I strongly recomment pull up to 3.0.
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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>
> What about 2.1? Must have the same problems.
> Anybody with a fresh build?
>
> Try Uwe's patch please!
>
> Andreas
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