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Fix to cavium Octeon board (CN38xx,...) to patch the kernel oops on system halt: system crash when synchronizing the RTC

Released: Nov 27, 2007     Updated: Nov 27, 2007

Description

Problem Description
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When shutting down the board (halt -p?), the system crashes when It synchronizes the RTC

During system halt, the following kernel oops is printed on the console:

Broadcast message from root (console) (Sat Jan 1 00:02:30 2000):
The system is going down for system halt NOW!
INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal
Shutting down boa: [ OK ]
Stopping sshd:[ OK ]



Syncing hardware clock to system time Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.
Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access method.

Unmounting file systems:
Halting system…
Power down.
CPU 3 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000000000
, epc == 0000000000000000, ra == ffffffff8117925c
Oops in arch/mips/mm/fault.c::do_page_fault, line 186[#1]:
Cpu 3


[register dump] IDENTIFIER = WIND00104649


Product Version

Linux Platforms 1.x

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Installation Notes

Installation Notes

                       !!!NOTE!!!
You will have to install the patch for Defect ID: WIND00099542 before applying this patch.

Installation instructions:
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1) Install the patch for Defect ID: WIND00099542 before proceeding further.
2) This is a source only patch.
3) Copy the attached zip file to the updates directory of the installation and unzip it.
4) Run ./setup_linux
5) After the patch is installed, configure a project for this board.
6) make the image you want to boot on this BSP.

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