[U-Boot-Users] 85xx - DDR with ECC: Why DMA ?

[Charles J Gillan]

I have a question about the procedure 
 
  ddr_enable_ecc()

included in the U-Boot build only if 

    CONFIG_DDR_ECC is defined 

    CONFIG_ECC_INIT_VIA_DDRCONTROLLER is not defined

The routine is found in file 

     ./cpu/mpc85xx/spd_sdram.c

so is for the 8540 and 8560 products.

Most of the work in the routine seems to concern programming the 
DMA registers rather than setting the DDR "enable" flag.

Why is this DMA configuration an essential step when ECC is used and 
apparently not necessary when it is not used? I can’t see the link 
between the two.  

Thanks,

Charles. 
  

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Dr Charles J Gillan
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