Re: VI reasons (was Re: Base Set: Suggested additions & removals.)

[Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>]

> I'm told problem is related to turning on the "A12 Gate" and the
> cache.  It was never explained to me in detail, but it has something
> to do with the cache having the wrong contents (or rather the wrong
> tags on the contents) after the A12 line was set.  It was never clear
> to me why they couldn't just clear the cache after turning on the A12
> gate.  You could ask on the kernel list.

That's what the kernel on the tecra disks does AFAIK, using a patch from:

  http://www.cck.uni-kl.de/misc/tecra710/

Unfotunately, this makes some other machines fail to boot (don't ask me why, 
that patch always seemed totally harmless to me).

Cheers, Phil.



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