[U-Boot] [PATCH] ARM: Generic cache ops skeleton

Mike Frysinger vapier at gentoo.org
Sun Nov 6 19:03:12 CET 2011


On Sunday 06 November 2011 07:39:56 Marek Vasut wrote:
> > On Saturday 05 November 2011 21:16:23 Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > This patch should allow a CPU to register it's own cache ops. This
> > > shall allow multiple CPUs with different cache handlings to be
> > > supported.
> > 
> > sorry, what's the point ?  this would make sense if you wanted to build
> > one u- boot image to run on multiple SoCs, but since that doesn't make
> > sense, i don't see what this patch gets you.
> 
> Well that's the ultimate goal, isn't it ...

is it actually ?  i must have missed the memo.

support for multiple-SoC-support-in-a-single-image shouldn't bloat the single 
SoC case.  this code seems to do just that.  so it sounds like you should find 
a CONFIG name for this setup and start putting everything behind that.

maybe something like CONFIG_SYS_MULTI_SOC.
-mike
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