The code to work around the RM9000 icache problems is wrong and ineffective. The patch below fixes that. Signed-off-by: Thomas Koeller <thomas.koeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- linux.git/arch/mips/kernel/signal-common.h 2005-11-02 13:21:29.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.14-5/arch/mips/kernel/signal-common.h 2006-02-10 12:48:50.000000000 +0100 @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ if ((ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) && (sas_ss_flags (sp) == 0)) sp = current->sas_ss_sp + current->sas_ss_size; - return (void *)((sp - frame_size) & (ICACHE_REFILLS_WORKAROUND_WAR ? 32 : ALMASK)); + return (void *)((sp - frame_size) & (ICACHE_REFILLS_WORKAROUND_WAR ? ~(cpu_icache_line_size()-1) : ALMASK)); } static inline int install_sigtramp(unsigned int __user *tramp, -- -------------------------------------------------- Thomas Koeller, Software Development Basler Vision Technologies thomas dot koeller at baslerweb dot com http://www.baslerweb.com ==============================