[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] USB: shutdown USB before booting
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Thu Jul 10 21:48:23 CEST 2008
In message <87iqvdzz1u.fsf at denx.de> you wrote:
>
> This patch fixes a potentially serious issue related to USB which was
> discouvered by Martin Krause <martin.krause at tqs.de> and fixed for
> ARM920T. Martin wrote:
>
> Turn off USB to prevent the host controller from writing to the
> SDRAM while Linux is booting. This could happen, because the HCCA
> (Host Controller Communication Area) lies within the SDRAM and the
> host controller writes continously to this area (as busmaster!), for
> example to increase the HccaFrameNumber variable, which happens
> every 1 ms.
>
> This is a slightly modified version of the patch in order to shutdown
> USB when booting on all architectures.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Klotzbuecher <mk at denx.de>
> ---
> common/cmd_bootm.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Thanks, Markus. This is so urgent that I pull this directly.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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