Subject: Re: The StrongArm Bug
To: Stephen Potts <64310205@doc.mmu.ac.uk>
From: William Gallafent <William.Gallafent@comlab.ox.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 05/15/1998 13:14:36
On Fri, 15 May 1998, Stephen Potts wrote:
> Could someone please tell me if 233MHz StrongArms are affected by the
> problem?
>
> I have no idea what revision I have, or how to find out. All I know is
> that it was one of the early 233MHz which I got with my Machine in
> September 1997, direct from Acorn. I only know this because I had
> ordered a 202MHz but they ran out, so I had to wait until they received
> the 233MHz from Digital :)
Well, take the lid off the machine and have a look at the chip! In the
middle it says 'SA110#', where the # should be replaced with a letterm,
which represents the revision of chip that you're running. Mine says
'SA110K', for example!
Apparently, anything later than K does not suffer from this particularly
nasty bug (AFAICR)
Cheers,
Bill