[PATCH] 4xx: Workaround for CHIP_11 Errata

Josh Boyer jwboyer at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri May 16 07:07:34 EST 2008


On Thu, 15 May 2008 16:31:04 -0400
Sean MacLennan <smaclennan at pikatech.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 15 May 2008 09:43:46 -0500
> "Josh Boyer" <jwboyer at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > This implements the recommended workaround for this errata for chips
> > that use older versions of firmware that do not already handle it.
> > The last 4KiB of memory are hidden from the kernel to prevent the
> > problem transactions from occurring.
> 
> Do you know which versions of firmware have this problem?

Any U-Boot older than 1.3.3-rc1.  Not sure about PIBS, but I don't
think the version that is on my Bamboo board has a fix for it.

josh



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