Hmm... This code (from arch/ppc/boot/simple/embed_config.c) appears to help:
static const unsigned long line_size = 32; static const unsigned long congruence_classes = 256; unsigned long addr; unsigned long dccr; /* * Invalidate the data cache if the data cache is turned off. * - The 405 core does not invalidate the data cache on power-up * or reset but does turn off the data cache. We cannot assume * that the cache contents are valid. * - If the data cache is turned on this must have been done by * a bootloader and we assume that the cache contents are * valid. */ __asm__("mfdccr %0": "=r" (dccr)); if (dccr == 0) { for (addr = 0; addr < (congruence_classes * line_size); addr += line_size) { __asm__("dccci 0,%0": :"b"(addr)); } } Although, I'm not sure why that should be virtex specific. Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > labs.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Neuendorffer > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:49 PM > To: Grant Likely > Cc: linuxppc-embedded > Subject: RE: current ARCH=powerpc for v2pro. > > I tried that, which essentially differed from what I was > trying in that > interrupts were turned off. > It fails in the same way as before. > > I've booted ARCH=ppc from your tree on the exact same hardware design, > and as near as I can tell, the code that runs in the kernel > proper up to > the point where I see the machine check is almost identical. > > The machine check (a trap into the Machine Check handler at 0x200) > occurs at a nondeterministic point during the execution of > memset_io in > early_init. > > In the kernel I have, _bss_start is c02c8000, and these are the > registers in the trap handler on two different runs of the kernel: > > r3: c02c80cc r5: 00022874 > r3: c02c8248 r5: 000226f4 > > r3 is the current point being initialized, and r5 is the > count remaining > in the .bss. > > So, what would cause a machine check in the middle of a loop, in the > middle of the almost the simplest code absolutely possible, and not on > an obvious memory boundary? > > Steve > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Grant Likely > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 10:40 PM > > To: Stephen Neuendorffer > > Cc: linuxppc-embedded > > Subject: Re: current ARCH=powerpc for v2pro. > > > > On 11/30/07, Stephen Neuendorffer > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Grant, > > > > > > I'm trying to bring up your arch/powerpc work, using a compiled in > > > device tree. I added this: > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > Which seems bizarre, because that code is very simple. > I'm guessing > > > that something in the memory configuration is wierd (or maybe > > > zImage.virtex is not the right way to do this?) but I'm a > > little lost > > > where to look from here. I also tried it with both > > paulus_master and > > > your virtex-for-2.6.24 branch. > > > > > > I've got a patch that adds 'raw' image support (originally > written by > > Scott Wood) which somewhat works for booting (but not entirely; I > > haven't had time to dig into it properly yet). It's not suitable to > > go into mainline yet. I'll try to get the patch out to my tree this > > evening... actually I've been trying to get my tree pushed out all > > today, but other things keep coming up. :-) > > > > <several hours after I wrote the above> > > > > Okay, I pushed my current patch set out to the master branch of my > > linux-2.6-virtex tree. Give it a whirl. It's not perfect, but it > > should be usable for booting. > > > > Cheers, > > g. > > > > -- > > Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. > > Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (403) 399-0195 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded > > _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded