[U-Boot-Users] [Patch] Disable icache before call the first line of kernel in do_bootelf().

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <1186552257.15798.6.camel at sevens.analog.com> you wrote:
> On some architecture, it is not save to call the first line of kernel 
> without disable the instruction cache. For do_bootm() path, architecture 
> specific library code do_bootm_linux() can adress this issue, but 
> do_bootelf() is common code. This patch disables icache before call kernel.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang at gmail.com>

Did you test the impact of this change on all other architectures but
the one you are talking about (without ever mentioning it)?

I don't think we want to do this in general. Please make  this code
conditional.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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