On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Brian Gerst wrote:
> The problem is that one_page_table_init() pulls the rug out from under
> the kernel by installing a new page table before setting it up. A 486
> has a small TLB so any miss will cause a triple fault and reset. Try
> this patch and see if it fixes it.
As someone who uses 486's for routers on occasion, thank you!
-- bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.
diff -urN linux-2.5.56/arch/i386/mm/init.c linux/arch/i386/mm/init.c --- linux-2.5.56/arch/i386/mm/init.c Sun Jan 12 00:16:22 2003 +++ linux/arch/i386/mm/init.c Sun Jan 12 01:48:28 2003 @@ -71,12 +71,16 @@ */ static pte_t * __init one_page_table_init(pmd_t *pmd) { - pte_t *page_table = (pte_t *) alloc_bootmem_low_pages(PAGE_SIZE); - set_pmd(pmd, __pmd(__pa(page_table) | _PAGE_TABLE)); - if (page_table != pte_offset_kernel(pmd, 0)) - BUG(); + if (pmd_none(*pmd)) { + pte_t *page_table = (pte_t *) alloc_bootmem_low_pages(PAGE_SIZE); + set_pmd(pmd, __pmd(__pa(page_table) | _PAGE_TABLE)); + if (page_table != pte_offset_kernel(pmd, 0)) + BUG(); - return page_table; + return page_table; + } + + return pte_offset_kernel(pmd, 0); } /*
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