Re: 2.3.46 Boot Failure

From: Peter Rival (frival@zk3.dec.com)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2000 - 16:33:13 EST


Andrea Arcangeli wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Peter Rival wrote:
>
> >changes to even get .46 to build: 1) add a #define for flush_icache_page
> >to a do {} while(0), and 2) add a flush_tlb_pgtables() in
> >arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c which simply calls flush_tlb_mm(mm) like
> >flush_tlb_range() does. I'm hoping one or both of those changes are
>
> No, flush_tlb_pgtables has to be a noop.
>
> ftp://ftp.*.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/patches/v2.3/2.3.44/alpha-flush-pgtables-1.gz
>
> Andrea

Okay, I'll make that change as soon as I have access to the system again (soon, I hope). Am I wrong in
inferring from the comment, however, that the change should not be harmful? Thanks!

 - Pete

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