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Date:      Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:02:00 -0300
From:      Luiz Otavio O Souza <lists.br@gmail.com>
To:        Jayachandran C. <c.jayachandran@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mips@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Merging 64 bit changes to -HEAD
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On Jun 29, 2010, at 8:02 AM, Jayachandran C. wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:28 AM, Luiz Otavio O Souza =
<lists.br@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Thanks for the the update. Looks like pmap_map for kernel is =
failing,
>>> may be the new tlb_update code causes this.  Can you apply the
>>> attached patch and see if the problem still persists, it replaces =
the
>>> new tlb_update code with the older version.
>>>=20
>>> Obviously not a fix, but if we can narrow it down to this function,
>>> fixing will be easier.
>>>=20
>>> JC.
>>> <try.diff>
>>=20
>> JC,
>>=20
>> This fix the problem ! Thanks ! Now, at least, you know where to look =
:)
>=20
> The new tlb_update does not seem to update the tlb entry if the tlbp
> fails.  Here's a patch that should make the new function behave like
> the older one.  The patch is in attached file 'tlb-update.diff'.
>=20
> If that does not work, I'm not sure what the issue is.  You could also
> try try the nop-change.diff attached. It tries to switch the ssnop
> used for delay in the new code with 'nop' which was used by the old
> code.
>=20
> Thanks,
> JC.
> <tlb-update.diff><nop-change.diff>

JC,

The nop-change seems to have no effect at all and with the tlb-update =
patch the kernel apparently crash at bzero(), here is the dmesg with =
TRAP_DEBUG enabled:

http://mips.pastebin.com/jydPvJ20

So hopefully you are on the right track and this may be something =
obvious to you.


Luiz=



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