Re: Results of various tests with MVME167
On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 21:38, Christian T. Steigies wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 08:26:07PM +0200, Kars de Jong wrote:
> > Now it was time to find out which config option caused the problem...
> >
> > Took me quite some recompile/reboot cycles, but it turned out to be
> > CONFIG_SINGLE_MEMORY_CHUNK. If this is NOT defined as "Y", the kernel
> > crashes. And this is apparently also true for 2.4.x (x > ??) kernels.
> Found it under advanced options. Do we need this only for mvme16x or for
> other systems as well? Any other advance option, or only this?
Well, I have CONFIG_RMW_INSNS enabled too, but its help suggests you
shouldn't :-P
Also, CONFIG_060_WRITETHROUGH specifically mentions the 53C710 driver as
a possible source of problems if this option is not enabled...
But I don't have a '060 MVME board, so I'm not sure. I'd say leave it
disabled unless someone reports a problem with it.
> You are saying we need to build 2.4.27 with this too? What about 2.4.26,
> does that debian version work?
No idea, I'll try it tomorrow.
> I don't have a problem to activate this option, if it does not hurt anybody.
> But it will be a challenge to get this into the archive for 2.4.27...
I don't know... it breaks for subarchitectures with multiple
non-contiguous memory regions, like my PME68-22 board. But AFAIK the
other VME boards all have a single chunk of memory, so at least the
mvme16x kernel could be built with that option enabled.
I'll try the MVME147 kernels tomorrow as well.
Kind regards,
Kars.
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