[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/5] da830: disable cache usage due to coherency issues

Nick Thompson nick.thompson at ge.com
Wed Aug 31 11:39:35 CEST 2011


On 31/08/11 06:40, Netagunte, Nagabhushana wrote:
> Mike,
>
> We will address cache coherency issues soon after these patches.
> Earlier also, chache was disabled. Only due to new cache management Framework which was added recently, it is explicitly needed to be indicated to turn off cache. 
>
> Since fixing the cache coherency issues with EMAC will take some time, I want this patch to go in mainline so that issue doesn't crop up for People who use u-boot.
>
> Regards,
> Nag
>

Which device(s) does this occur on? I have a lot of OMAP-L137 (EVM and custom) boards with cache enabled and no problems tftp'ing the kernel.

On the other hand tftp and kernel CRC checking are much faster with cache enabled.

Nick.


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