[PATCH] ppc32 8xx: Fix r3 thrashing due to 8MB TLB page instantiation (!CONFIG_8xx_CPU6)

Marcelo Tosatti marcelo at kvack.org
Sat May 6 06:09:29 EST 2006


Instantiation of 8MB pages on the TLB cache for the kernel static
mapping thrashes r3 register on !CONFIG_8xx_CPU6 configurations.

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo at kvack.org>

diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/ppc/kernel/head_8xx.S
index ec53c7d..7a2f205 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/head_8xx.S
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/head_8xx.S
@@ -355,9 +355,7 @@ #endif
 
 	. = 0x1200
 DataStoreTLBMiss:
-#ifdef CONFIG_8xx_CPU6
 	stw	r3, 8(r0)
-#endif
 	DO_8xx_CPU6(0x3f80, r3)
 	mtspr	SPRN_M_TW, r10	/* Save a couple of working registers */
 	mfcr	r10
@@ -417,9 +415,7 @@ #endif
 	lwz	r11, 0(r0)
 	mtcr	r11
 	lwz	r11, 4(r0)
-#ifdef CONFIG_8xx_CPU6
 	lwz	r3, 8(r0)
-#endif
 	rfi
 
 /* This is an instruction TLB error on the MPC8xx.  This could be due



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