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Hi Tim,

> I discovered similar problems on an AM37xx and OMAP35xx with Linux 3.4
> and 3.3.
> 
> > Any ideas of what could be wrong will be highly appreciated.
> Did you try to activate all the Kernel Arm-Errata?
> At least for OMAP3503D we figured out that it suffers from more than
> what the Kernel-Doc says: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/2/18/349
> 
> With all erratas enabled, the AM37xx was (in my opinion) more stable.
>
That's very interesting.
 
> > We also ruled out the kernel because running our kernel (build with
> > OSELAS-Toolchain) in an ELDK rootfs showed no problems.
> [..]
> >  I would love to understand what is causing these problems and would
> > highly appreciate any suggestion.
> Yes, but you could try the errata and when they work, they may give you
> a good hint what the real problem (maybe in the toolchain) is.
> 
Yes, that's certainly worth a try. 
I didn't play around with the errata, yet, as I'm not deep enough in that topic and I hope these settings had been optimized by others.

Thanks for that hint!!

Best regards
Arno

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