[U-Boot] [PATCH 10/11 v2] armv7: Adding cpu specific cache managmenent

mathieu.poirier at linaro.org mathieu.poirier at linaro.org
Tue Jun 19 17:33:54 CEST 2012


From: "Mathieu J. Poirier" <mathieu.poirier at linaro.org>

Some CPU (i.e u8500) need more cache management before launching
the Linux kernel.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier at linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: John Rigby <john.rigby at linaro.org>
---
Changes for v2:
   - Moved from __attribute__(...) to __weak.
---
 arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cpu.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cpu.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cpu.c
index c6fa8ef..cc46328 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cpu.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/armv7.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
 
 void save_boot_params_default(u32 r0, u32 r1, u32 r2, u32 r3)
 {
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ void save_boot_params_default(u32 r0, u32 r1, u32 r2, u32 r3)
 void save_boot_params(u32 r0, u32 r1, u32 r2, u32 r3)
 	__attribute__((weak, alias("save_boot_params_default")));
 
+void __weak cpu_cache_management(void){}
+
 int cleanup_before_linux(void)
 {
 	/*
@@ -81,5 +84,10 @@ int cleanup_before_linux(void)
 	 */
 	invalidate_dcache_all();
 
+	/*
+	 * Some CPU need more cache attention before starting the kernel.
+	 */
+	cpu_cache_management();
+
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
1.7.5.4



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