[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/7] 86xx: Unlock l1 cache unconditionally

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Fri Jul 10 22:37:23 CEST 2009


Dear Kumar Gala,

In message <4B5A7126-FCDF-4EB0-9181-FB1BE571C715 at kernel.crashing.org> you wrote:
> 
> On May 22, 2009, at 10:26 AM, Peter Tyser wrote:
> 
> > Previously, it was only unlocked when Linux was executed using the
> > "bootm" command.  Unlocking it unconditionally improves U-Boot
> > performance and provides a common cache state when booting OSes.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Tyser <ptyser at xes-inc.com>
> > ---
> > lib_ppc/board.c |    8 +++++---
> > lib_ppc/bootm.c |    3 ++-
> > 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> Wolfgang, do you know any reason we can't do the unlock for ALL ppc's  
> in board_init_r()?

Sorry, I don't remember if there was any speciofic reason, or what
that might have been.  Maybe the CHANGELOGs contain some hints?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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