[U-Boot] [PATCH] video: cfb_console: flush dcache for frame buffer in DRAM

Marek Vasut marek.vasut at gmail.com
Thu Jul 19 17:49:20 CEST 2012


Dear Mike Frysinger,

> On Tuesday 05 June 2012 03:28:40 Anatolij Gustschin wrote:
> > On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:04:07 +0200 Anatolij Gustschin wrote:
> > > Data cache flushing is required for frame buffer in RAM to fix the
> > > distorted console text output. Currently this text distortion is
> > > observed with cfb on beageboard and N900 when running with data
> > > cache enabled.
> > 
> > Applied to u-boot-video/master after rebasing and fixing commit log.
> 
> this patch is still wrong for the reasons i cited earlier.  your cache
> functions are broken, not the driver.

The cache stuff is completely borked on ARM, I have no idea why people enable 
it.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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