[U-Boot] [PATCH 01/12] da850: indicate cache usage disable in config file

Netagunte, Nagabhushana nagabhushana.netagunte at ti.com
Tue Aug 9 15:54:42 CEST 2011


Thanks Denk for comments.

I will add appropriate reasons in commit message and resubmit the patch.

Regards,
Nag
On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 21:36:42, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear nagabhushana.netagunte at ti.com,
> 
> In message <1312299792-16415-2-git-send-email-nagabhushana.netagunte at ti.com> you wrote:
> > From: Nagabhushana Netagunte <nagabhushana.netagunte at ti.com>
> > 
> > As per new cache management framework, if the caches are not used in 
> > u-boot, it needs to be explicitly indicated through macros in config 
> > file. da850 doesnt support I-CACHE, D-CACHE or L2-CACHE usage in 
> > u-boot which is indicated by the following macro definitions,
> 
> What exactly does this mean?  Does it mean that
> 
> 1) the hardware does not have working caches, so there is no chance to
>    ever add such support in software?
> 
> 2) the hardware does have working caches, but this current software
>    support is simple / incomplete, and cache support will be added
>    later?
> 
> 3) ... ?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk
> 
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