Re: [parisc-linux] Re: Debian on rp 7400

[Joel Soete <joel.soete@tiscali.be>]

Grant Grundler wrote:

> BTW, this discussion really belongs on parisc-linux.org mailing list.
> It's not specific to debian-hppa and is very kernel centric.
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> On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 09:10:44AM +0000, Joel Soete wrote:
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> > > IIRC, "non-equivalently mapped aliases" 
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> > Is there much more detailed public doc some where about this stuff?
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> sorry - I don't understand the problems well enough.
> The PA 2.0 arch book might describe the cache behaviors sufficiently
> to determine this will be a problem.
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> > > BTW< this topic has been thoroughly discussed on parisc-linux
> > > mailing list. See www.parisc-linux.org mailing list archives.
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> google search for
> 	equivalent mapped [parisc-linux site:lists.parisc-linux.org]
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> yielded the original thread from Jerry Huck:
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> http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/1999-December/008101.html
I see I was not yet in the list; at this very moment I was still battle 
to build a kernel from hpux and the first cd safe me :)

> I only partially understand what Jerry talking about and have no idea
> how linux VM implementation collides with the aliasing rules.
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> Bjorn Helgaas posted a another thread two years later that might
> be more helpful since it's specific to superdome (AFAIK same problems
> as with N-class and L3000):
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> http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/2001-April/012388.html
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> I didn't see any direct followup to Bjorn's mail in the archive though
> some discussion did occur in other forums (much later).
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Well better starting point I will gona check,

Thanks a lot,
   Joel