[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] ARM Cortex8 Rename and move v7_flush_dcache_all to flush_dcache

Dirk Behme dirk.behme at googlemail.com
Sat Aug 8 16:35:14 CEST 2009


Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> On 15:47 Sat 08 Aug     , Dirk Behme wrote:
>> Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
>>> On 12:46 Sat 08 Aug     , Dirk Behme wrote:
>>>> Since there is only one version of flushing the dcache for
>>>> arm_cortex8, rename v7_flush_dcache_all to the the generic
>>>> name flush_dcache.  Because the function is intended for
>>>> only omap3 boards, move the function to the new file
>>>> cache_flush.S.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <Tom.Rix at windriver.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme at googlemail.com>
>>>> ---
>>> NACK keep the arm arch version in the name
>> NACK the NACK, see below.
>>
>>> and as request to Tom remove the non need device_type
>>> and we can safely use the v7 cache flush for omap3 and other cortex a8
>> This can be done easily (later?) by an additional patch (when people
>> have time for it?).
>>
>> Applying the basic functionality (function move) now allows others
>> to finally go on with their long waiting patches.
> no this code is omap3 specific and there is no need ot this
> rename or move the function make no sense

Yes, it is OMAP3 specific (as already mentioned in the patch 
description). So it's totally fine to move it to an OMAP3 specific 
file. So it's totally fine that others (!= OMAP3, e.g Samsung) can 
re-use arm_cortexa8 stuff without the burden of OMAP3 stuff.

> so NACK

NACK your NACK, see above.

Best regards

Dirk



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