Subject: Re: 1 or 2 byte corruptions on a 4k page boundary
To: Rahul Kulkarni <rahul.kulkarni@gmail.com>
From: Edward B. DREGER <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/13/2006 18:47:23
RK> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:11:08 -0700
RK> From: Rahul Kulkarni

RK> Any known issues or experiences where a byte or 2 bytes get
RK> corrupted randomly at different addresses but always on a 4k page
RK> boundary.

I'm no PPC expert, but this almost sounds like something to do with 
misaligned data, alignment interrupts, and the MMU.


RK> This happens in a different user process and the address where the

Which further makes me wonder about the MMU and alignment trap.


Eddy
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