Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:34:46 +0100 | From | Thomas Steudten <> | Subject | Re: BUG: Kernel Panic: kernel-2.6.0-test9-bk21 for alpha in scsi context ll_rw_blk.c |
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On http://steudten.com/alpha/perf.php4 you can read: See prefetch section: The Alpha 21264 initiates a prefetch operation by executing one of the load instructions as summarized in the table below. Note that the destination register is R31 or F31. When used as a source register, R31 and F31 return integer zero and floating point zero, respectively. When used as a destination register as shown below, R31 and F31 denote the purpose of these instructions as a prefetch operation. Earlier Alpha implementations ignore these instructions. Some care must be taken as a prefetch with an invalid address must be dismissed by firmware and a prefetch can cause an alignment trap.
Tom
Falk Hueffner wrote:
> Thomas Steudten <alpha@steudten.com> writes: > > >>-> 0xfffffc0000476cb8 <__make_request+152>: lds $f31,0(t2) > > > The kernel is stupid, this is a prefetch, it should be totally ignored > if it is faulty. This is already handled for userspace accesses > IIRC... (I wonder why the PALcode doesn't already do that. Oh well.) >
-- Tom
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