[U-Boot] [PATCH] cmd_boot: cleanup for 'go' command

Kuo-Jung Su dantesu at gmail.com
Mon Apr 29 04:25:41 CEST 2013


2013/4/26 Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>:
> Dear Kuo-Jung Su,
>
> In message <1366963312-2901-1-git-send-email-dantesu at gmail.com> you wrote:
>> From: Kuo-Jung Su <dantesu at faraday-tech.com>
>>
>> With MMU/D-Cache enabled, data might be retained at cache
>> rather than at DRAM when we execute 'go' command, and some
>> of the bare-metal softwares would always invalidate the entire
>> data cache at start-up, and causes data lost issue.
>>
>> This patch is designed to fixed this issue.
>> It has been verified at ARM based systems, and should also work
>> at other platforms.
>
> Your patch desription does not match the actual code.
>

Got it, thanks

>> --- a/common/cmd_boot.c
>> +++ b/common/cmd_boot.c
>> @@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ static int do_go(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
>>
>>       printf ("## Starting application at 0x%08lX ...\n", addr);
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
>> +     disable_interrupts();
>> +#endif
>
> You do not mention in the commit message that you disable interrupts.
> This must not be done.  There are many cases where interrupts are
> actually needed by the running code.
>

Got it, thanks

> NAK for this part.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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Best wishes,
Kuo-Jung Su


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