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Subject: Re: EPICS runtime problems on Motorola mv162-P242E CPUs
From: [email protected]
To: Dave Barker <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 07:44:08 +0100 
>>>>> "Dave" == Dave Barker <[email protected]> writes:

  > Hi,
  > We are having run time problems running EPICS on the new Motorola MV162
  > P242E cards. I am running VxWorks 5.2, and have tried EPICS R3.12.2 and
  > R3.13.3. In all cases the CPU freezes or locks up, usually within 24
  > hours. We think it crashes more quickly if sequencers are running.

  > Has anyone else had problems running EPICS on these cards?

  > I'm in the process of seeing if we require a BSP upgrade from Wind River
  > (we may have to upgrade to tornado in order to get the latest BSPs)

  > many thanks,

  > Dave Barker.

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Dave,

we've tested the MVME162-P344E (wich should replace the old MVME162-532a)
together with EPICS. 

The good news is that the board was compatible to the old one regarding the
BSP.
The bad news is that we encountered interrupt problems which caused a
reboot of the IOC after some ours.  

I talked with my distributor and he told me that the first series of the
Petra ASCISs has definitively BUGs regarding interrupts. Therefore Motorola
has replaced the Petra ASIC with a new one. As far as I know the boards
with the new ASIC habe the letter 'A' after the 'P' . The new MVME162-P344E
is now called MVME162-PA344E. 

Regards

-- 

Joachim

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