[U-Boot] [PATCH] mx5: Add workaround for ARM erratum ID 468414

Stefano Babic sbabic at denx.de
Wed May 9 11:36:30 CEST 2012


On 07/05/2012 22:56, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> From: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at freescale.com>
> 
> Add the software workaround for ARM erratum ID 468414.
> 
> According to mx53/mx51 errata document:
> 
> "ENGcm11133 - ARM: NEON load data can be incorrectly forwarded to a
> subsequent request
> 
> Description:
> 
> Under very specific set of conditions, data from a Neon load request can be incorrectly forwarded
> to a subsequent, unrelated memory request.
> The conditions are as follows:
> • Neon loads and stores must be in use
> • Neon L1 caching must be disabled
> • Trustzone must be configured and in use
> • The secure memory address space and the non-secure memory address space both use the same
> physical addresses, either as an alias or the same memory location or for separate memory
> locations
> The issue is reported by ARM, erratum ID 468414, Category 2"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at freescale.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/lowlevel_init.S |    9 +++++++++
>  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/lowlevel_init.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/lowlevel_init.S
> index 683a7b5..c1a04db 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/lowlevel_init.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/lowlevel_init.S
> @@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
>  #include <generated/asm-offsets.h>
>  #include <linux/linkage.h>
>  
> +.macro init_arm_erratum
> +	/* ARM erratum ID #468414 */
> +	mrc 15, 0, r1, c1, c0, 1
> +	orr r1, r1, #(1 << 5)    /* enable L1NEON bit */
> +	mcr 15, 0, r1, c1, c0, 1
> +.endm
> +
>  /*
>   * L2CC Cache setup/invalidation/disable
>   */
> @@ -338,6 +345,8 @@ ENTRY(lowlevel_init)
>  	str r1, [r0, #0x4]
>  #endif
>  
> +	init_arm_erratum
> +

I have only a small question. It is not for me to put this into MX5
stuff, but because it is ARM related should we not put it into
arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S ?

Best regards,
Stefano Babic

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