From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 10 00:56:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9623B37B401; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 00:56:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.BAYAREA.NET [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C9DD43FBF; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 00:56:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from dhcp42.pn.xcllnt.net (dhcp42.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.242]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7A7u5wO065848; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 00:56:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@piii.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: from dhcp42.pn.xcllnt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dhcp42.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7A7u0M6061896; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 00:56:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@dhcp42.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: (from marcel@localhost) by dhcp42.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7A7u04r061895; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 00:56:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel) Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 00:56:00 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar To: "David O'Brien" , John Baldwin , alpha@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20030810075600.GB55077@dhcp42.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <20030808232428.GA25847@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030810073652.GB61665@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030810073652.GB61665@dragon.nuxi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: Re: [PATCH] Switch Alpha to new cpu_switch/throw conventions X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 07:56:08 -0000 On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 12:36:52AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 04:24:28PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 05:14:59PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > > I have a completely untested (but should work :-P) patch to convert > > > Alpha over to the new cpu_throw/switch conventions of passing the > > > threads in as arguments to the function. The patch is at > > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/alpha_switch.patch I would > > > appreciate it if someone could test it. Success would be making > > > it to multiuser mode. Failure would probably be panic'ing very early > > > after starting init since failure means context switches are broken. > > > > Kaboom: > ... > > Digital Personal Workstation (Miata) > > Digital Personal WorkStation 433au, 432MHz > > The patch worked for me -- could the problem be the difference between > ev56 and ev6? I have no idea. I haven't actually tried to interpret the patch or tried to figure out what could be wrong. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net