[U-Boot] IRQ in realmode and sleep()

[Reinhard Arlt]

Hello,

Scott Wood wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:03:53AM +0200, Reinhard Arlt wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> the data cache is disabled on the CPCI750 board for the SDRAM by the
>> DBAT entry for the SDRAM, but the data cache is enabled for most
>> 74xx_7xx boards in
>>
>> cpu/74xx_7xx/start.S together with the translation.
>>
>> The decrementer irq is executed in real mode with translation disabled.
>>
>> Now in the irq routine, the processor writes the data into the cache,
>> and the sleep() reads directly from RAM, and do not see the timer running.
>>
>> A good solution would be to have translation on for the irq's too, but a
>> simple solution is to put an '#if !(defined CPCI750)' around the
>> routine, that enables the l1 data cache.
>
> Sounds like the right solution is to change the DBAT to be cacheable.
>
due to a bug in the MV64360, the data structures for the MPSC (serial 
port) must be in not cacheable ram. In operating systems, this is done 
by a page table entry, but i do not want to start with a page table in 
u-boot.

The question is: Is it O.K., that the irq routines run in real mode, 
with all your I/O locations are cacheable, for example.

> -Scott
>

Reinhard