Re: Kernel crash in 2.6.32.6 / bcm1480 with 16k page size

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 07:55:14AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> 
> I get the following kernel crash when running a 2.6.32.6 kernel on a bcm1480 
> cpu.
> It only happens if I configure a page size of 16k or 64k; 4k page size is 
> fine.
> 
> A similar problem was recently fixed for ppc. It turned out to be a problem 
> in ppc
> specific memory management code, so that fix won't help here.
> 
> Has anyone else seen this before ? Any idea where to start looking for the 
> problem ?

Supposedly this was working for SB1.  I suggest you find an older kernel
version that works for your with 16k pages then use git bisect to find
the problem.

  Ralf