[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 0/4] arm: changes in cache handling

V, Aneesh aneesh at ti.com
Mon Aug 15 09:40:52 CEST 2011


Hi Albert,

On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Albert ARIBAUD
<albert.u.boot at aribaud.net> wrote:
> Le 11/08/2011 16:35, Aneesh V a écrit :
>>
>> - Avoid enabling caches for all ARM boards
>> - Enable caches for omap3/4
>> - Stronger barrier for armv7 cache-maintenance operations.
>>
>> V2:
>> * Rebased to latest HEAD of u-boot/master
>> * Improved the README
>> * Added a patch for removing the flush in invalidate
>>   and for printing a warning in such cases.
>>
>> V3:
>> * Improve the error message on un-aligned invalidate
>>
>> Aneesh V (4):
>>   arm: do not force d-cache enable on all boards
>>   omap: enable caches at system start-up
>>   armv7: stronger barrier for cache-maintenance operations
>>   armv7: cache: remove flush on un-aligned invalidate
>>
>>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cache_v7.c    |   26 ++++++++++---------
>>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c |    8 ++++++
>>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap4/board.c |    8 ++++++
>>  arch/arm/lib/board.c             |    8 ++---
>>  arch/arm/lib/cache-pl310.c       |   15 ++++++----
>>  arch/arm/lib/cache.c             |   12 +++++++++
>>  doc/README.arm-caches            |   51
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  include/common.h                 |    1 +
>>  8 files changed, 106 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 doc/README.arm-caches
>
> Please in the future leave history in individual patches (but you can keep
> int in cover letters as well). That is a burden, but it provides for better
> tracking on patchwork, where cover letters are not recorded, and individual
> patches are the only place where history can appear.

I add history in both cover letter and in individual patches. However,
I change the
history of a patch only if there's some update in that revision. That
is, I do not
add something like:

Changes in V2:
None

Is that fine?

best regards,
Aneesh


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