Re: strange problem with my oli M700

[Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>]

On Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 10:17:50PM +0100, ralf@uni-koblenz.de wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 09:27:05PM +0100, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to read the firmware prom of my Olivetti M700 (Magnum 4000 
> > clone).
> > When access the address 0x9fc00000 (which is the KSEG0 address of the prom)
> > the box freezes immidiately. Does anybody know why ? And how could I access
> > the prom otherwise ?
> 
> Did you try uncached accesses via KSEG1?  I wouldn't wonder if the used
> PROMs can't cope with the bursts generated for filling a cacheline.

uncached access works. Thanks.

Thomas.

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