Re: [PATCH] Synthesize TLB refill handler at runtime

To:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>
Subject:	Re: [PATCH] Synthesize TLB refill handler at runtime
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Date:	Wed, 24 Nov 2004 23:45:55 +0100
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On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 10:39:56PM +0000, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> > It's so easy to implement with serial console.  Best thing since sliced
> > bread :-)
> 
>  Yep, and some systems have an appropriate console output callback in the 
> firmware making it trivial.

Which unfortunately is becoming unusable fairly soon on many systems.
IP27: ARC is dead after the first TLB flush.  IP22: dead after the
external L2 controller was enabled etc.  On average I'm less than
pleased with firmware usability even for simple stuff such as printing ...

  Ralf

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