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

[Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>]

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 02:28:49PM -0500, David Daney wrote:
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> 
> I suspect you are hitting a maximum valid address bits limit and getting 
> the Address Exception.  Limiting VMALLOC_END so that you don't hit the 
> limit seems to be the solution.  I don't have the manual for the sibyte, 
> so I don't know what the limit is.  The architecture specification 
> doesn't state a fixed limit, although it tells what should happen when 
> the limit is reached.
> 
You mean there might be a CPU-specific limit ? I hope not - that would be quite 
messy.

I'll see if I can dig up a sibyte manual.

Guenter