[PATCH][PPC32] Disable broken L2 cache on all 440GX revs

Matt Porter mporter at kernel.crashing.org
Wed Oct 27 06:58:47 EST 2004


Always disable L2 cache on PPC440GX. All revs/speeds of silicon
have parity error problems despite errata claims to the contrary.                                                                                 
Signed-off-by: Matt Porter <mporter at kernel.crashing.org>

===== arch/ppc/platforms/4xx/ocotea.c 1.8 vs edited =====
--- 1.8/arch/ppc/platforms/4xx/ocotea.c	2004-10-18 22:26:41 -07:00
+++ edited/arch/ppc/platforms/4xx/ocotea.c	2004-10-26 13:40:44 -07:00
@@ -350,8 +350,12 @@
 	ibm440gx_get_clocks(&clocks, 33333333, 6 * 1843200);
 	ocp_sys_info.opb_bus_freq = clocks.opb;
 
-	/* Disable L2-Cache on broken hardware, enable it otherwise */
-	ibm440gx_l2c_setup(&clocks);
+	/*
+	 * Always disable L2 cache. All revs/speeds of silicon
+	 * have parity error problems despite errata claims to
+	 * the contrary.
+	 */
+	ibm440gx_l2c_disable();
 
 	ibm44x_platform_init();
 



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