Re: 2.1.96: L2 cache corruption?

Pavel Machek (pavel@elf.ucw.cz)
Thu, 16 Apr 1998 23:46:10 +0200


Hi!

> I untar'red a kernel source tree under two different directories.
> After that, a diff -r on the two diretories randomly shows bogus differences
> although all files are identical. This happens with 2.1.95 and 2.1.96.
> (the last kernel I used before was 2.1.92 where I was at least not aware of
> such behavior).

Strange. Will machine do it again if you try?

Ook, next test: Do hardware reset (really press button for me) before
going to 2.0.33. If hardware reset does behave other than powerdown,
your hardware is not too clean.

Pavel

PS: L2 has probably nothing to do with it. It just changes some timing.

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