[parisc-linux] Re: Debian on rp 7400

[Joel Soete]

Grant Grundler wrote:

>BTW, this discussion really belongs on parisc-linux.org mailing list.
>It's not specific to debian-hppa and is very kernel centric.
>
>On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 09:10:44AM +0000, Joel Soete wrote:
>  
>
>>>IIRC, "non-equivalently mapped aliases" 
>>>      
>>>
>
>  
>
>>Is there much more detailed public doc some where about this stuff?
>>    
>>
>
>sorry - I don't understand the problems well enough.
>The PA 2.0 arch book might describe the cache behaviors sufficiently
>to determine this will be a problem.
>
>  
>
>>>BTW< this topic has been thoroughly discussed on parisc-linux
>>>mailing list. See www.parisc-linux.org mailing list archives.
>>>      
>>>
>
>google search for
>	equivalent mapped [parisc-linux site:lists.parisc-linux.org]
>
>yielded the original thread from Jerry Huck:
>
>http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/1999-December/008101.html
>
I see I was not yet in the list; at this very moment I was still battle 
to build a kernel from hpux and the first cd safe me :)

>
>I only partially understand what Jerry talking about and have no idea
>how linux VM implementation collides with the aliasing rules.
>
>
>Bjorn Helgaas posted a another thread two years later that might
>be more helpful since it's specific to superdome (AFAIK same problems
>as with N-class and L3000):
>
>http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/2001-April/012388.html
>
>I didn't see any direct followup to Bjorn's mail in the archive though
>some discussion did occur in other forums (much later).
>
>  
>
Well better starting point I will gona check,

Thanks a lot,
    Joel