Re: [PPC64] Improved VSID allocation algorithm

From: David Gibson
Date: Thu Sep 30 2004 - 01:37:50 EST


On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 07:53:07AM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, David Gibson wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 09:47:30PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 13, David Gibson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Andrew, please apply. This patch has been tested both on SLB and
> > > > segment table machines. This new approach is far from the final word
> > > > in VSID/context allocation, but it's a noticeable improvement on the
> > > > old method.
> > >
> > > This patch went into 2.6.9-rc2-bk2, and my p640 does not boot anymore.
> > > Hangs after 'returning from prom_init', wants a power cycle.
> >
> > Have you isolated the problem to the VSID allocation patch? I think
> > there may have been a number of ppc64 changes which went into
> > 2.6.9-rc2-bk2.
>
> Yes, rc2 does not boot on power3 with that patch.

Hrm.. current BK works on the 270 here, so it's not all power3s.

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