Re: Cube 2

[Erik de Castro Lopo <nospam@mega-nerd.com>]

Florian Lohoff wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 08:20:42PM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> > It mentions a problem with sys_mips() causing a SIGSEGV. Is someone working on
> > fixing this? Need help?
> 
> There are already workarounds for this - It is caused by register corruption
> on syscall exit ....
> 
> Patch attached ...

Patch against what? Linux-2.4.7? Something else? Sorry to be obtuse.

> > I also notice that the default endianness of the Cube2 is mips-sel. Has anyone
> > messed with this and turned a Cube2 into a big endian MIPs machine?
> 
> I dont think anybody wants this ;) Anyway it should be possible by
> giving a pin on the R5000 a different voltage level on powerup.

I agree completely. If it requires a hardware mod its probably a Bad Idea (tm).

Erik
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