[U-Boot] Enabling L2 cache on mx53

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Mon Aug 19 22:31:28 CEST 2013


Dear Fabio Estevam,

> Hi Marek,
> 
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> > L2CC on MX53 is enabled by setting just the L2ON and C bits in CP15,
> > there's no configuration. Not even Linux enables the L2CC on MX53, so if
> > it's not on in U- Boot, then it's not on at all (and that sucks).
> 
> This is what I have done:
> 
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/
> lowlevel_init.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/lowlevel_init.S
> @@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
>  #endif
> 
>         mcr 15, 1, r0, c9, c0, 2
> +
> +       /* enable L2 cache */
> +       mrc 15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 1
> +       orr r0, r0, #(1 << 1)    /* enable l2 cache */
> +       mcr 15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 1
>  .endm /* init_l2cc */
> 
>  /* AIPS setup - Only setup MPROTx registers.
> 
> Anything else I am missing?

Try profiling the RX routine, maybe it's looping somewhere there for too long.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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