Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 00:56:00 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Switch Alpha to new cpu_switch/throw conventions Message-ID: <20030810075600.GB55077@dhcp42.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20030810073652.GB61665@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <XFMail.20030808171459.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20030808232428.GA25847@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030810073652.GB61665@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 12:36:52AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 04:24:28PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 05:14:59PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > > I have a completely untested (but should work :-P) patch to convert > > > Alpha over to the new cpu_throw/switch conventions of passing the > > > threads in as arguments to the function. The patch is at > > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/alpha_switch.patch I would > > > appreciate it if someone could test it. Success would be making > > > it to multiuser mode. Failure would probably be panic'ing very early > > > after starting init since failure means context switches are broken. > > > > Kaboom: > ... > > Digital Personal Workstation (Miata) > > Digital Personal WorkStation 433au, 432MHz > > The patch worked for me -- could the problem be the difference between > ev56 and ev6? I have no idea. I haven't actually tried to interpret the patch or tried to figure out what could be wrong. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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