Re: [PATCH] ppc476: Enable a linker work around for IBM errata #46

2014-02-24 Thread Alistair Popple
On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 08:35:06 Josh Boyer wrote: > On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 2:00 AM, Alistair Popple wrote: > > This patch adds an option to enable a work around for an icache bug on > > 476 that can cause execution of stale instructions when falling > > through pages (IBM errata #46). It requires a

Re: [PATCH] ppc476: Enable a linker work around for IBM errata #46

2014-02-24 Thread Josh Boyer
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 2:00 AM, Alistair Popple wrote: > This patch adds an option to enable a work around for an icache bug on > 476 that can cause execution of stale instructions when falling > through pages (IBM errata #46). It requires a recent version of > binutils which supports the --ppc47

[PATCH] ppc476: Enable a linker work around for IBM errata #46

2014-02-23 Thread Alistair Popple
This patch adds an option to enable a work around for an icache bug on 476 that can cause execution of stale instructions when falling through pages (IBM errata #46). It requires a recent version of binutils which supports the --ppc476-workaround option. The work around enables the appropriate lin