Linux Kernel Issue: MPC8540 Errata (CPU29)

[Kylo Ginsberg]

Chiradeep,

I have the same issue with gcc3.4.3 and an e500 target.  You can give
gcc the -mno-string to inhibit generation of those load/store string
instructions.  I don't know if gcc can be configured such that its
default is not to generate those instructions.

Cheers,
Kylo

On 4/28/05, Chiradeep Vittal <chiradeep at matissenetworks.com> wrote:
> It turns out to be a compiler issue.
> We're using gcc 3.4.3 with optimization level -Os. The following program will generate the illegal instruction with -Os but not with -O2
>         int main (int argc, char** argv)
>         {
>           int seq[] = {0, 1, 2};
>           return 0;
>         }
> The reason is that the compiler generates code with the stswi instruction which is not supported by the e500. Here's our compiler configuration:
> Configured with: /home/steve/perforce/sw/opt/crosstool/build/powerpc-8540-linux-gnu/gcc-3.4.3-glibc-2.3.2/gcc-3.4.3/configure --target=powerpc-8540-linux-gnu --host=i686-host_pc-linux-gnu --prefix=/home/steve/perforce/sw/opt/cross-compile/powerpc-8540-linux-gnu/gcc-3.4.3-glibc-2.3.2 --with-cpu=8540 --enable-cxx-flags=-mcpu=8540 --with-headers=/home/steve/perforce/sw/opt/cross-compile/powerpc-8540-linux-gnu/gcc-3.4.3-glibc-2.3.2/powerpc-8540-linux-gnu/include --with-local-prefix=/home/steve/perforce/sw/opt/cross-compile/powerpc-8540-linux-gnu/gcc-3.4.3-glibc-2.3.2/powerpc-8540-linux-gnu --disable-nls --enable-threads=posix --enable-symvers=gnu --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-shared --enable-c99 --enable-long-long
> 
> Any recommendations?
> 
> Thanks
> --
> Chiradeep
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kumar Gala [mailto:kumar.gala at freescale.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 11:37 AM
> To: Chiradeep Vittal
> Cc: linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org
> Subject: Re: Linux Kernel Issue: MPC8540 Errata (CPU29)
> 
> On Apr 27, 2005, at 12:46 PM, Chiradeep Vittal wrote:
> 
> > We're running Linux Kernel 2.4.26 on an 8540 ADS derivative. We're
> >  seeing an
> > "illegal instruction" (SIGILL) exception under some circumstances
> > (during a pthread_create call). We were wondering if this could be a
> > symptom of
> > CPU29 and if there is a patch available for CPU29.
> >
> > "CPU29 L1 instruction cache gets multiple entries for same line after
> >  change
> > in MSR[IS] bit "
> >
> > www.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/errata/MPC8540CE.pdf
> 
> The way the Linux kernel manages the MMU on e500 it doesn't actually
> ever modify MSR[IS] or MSR[DS].  They are always zero so I dont believe
> you are hitting this errata.
> 
> Are you running with math emulation turned on?  Do you know what the
> instruction is that causes the SIGILL?
> 
> - kumar
> 
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