Solution: ncr53c875: CACHE TEST FAILED or System stops with "cat" or "ls"

Robert Siemer (siemer@i309.hadiko.de)
Sat, 1 May 1999 18:21:24 +0200 (CEST)


Re!

On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Gregory P. Smith wrote:
> I've been having these problems as well. They started in the 2.2.x
> (and the late 2.1.1xx but I can't verify that anymore) and are much
> worse in the 2.2.6 SYM driver. I have an Asus 53c875 based card.

> > ncr53c8xx: 53c875 detected with Tekram NVRAM
> > ncr53c875-0: rev rev=0x03, base=0xdf800000, io_port=0xb000, irq=11
> > ncr53c875-0: Tekram format NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-20, Parity Checking
> > ncr53c875-0: on-chip RAM at 0xdf000000
> > CACHE TEST FAILED: script execution failed.
> > start=00007230, pc=00007238, end=0000725c
> > CACHE INCORRECTLY CONFIGURED.
> > ncr53c875-0: detaching...

Somebody told me to reduce the speed of the PCI-bus. That gave me a hint:
I change the clocks from
CPU 333, extern 83, PCI async 32 to
CPU 333, extern 66, PCI _sync_ 33 MHz

Now the system doesnt stop any more. The sym53c8xx-driver is also working.

Thanks for help,
Rob

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