[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 2/2] powerpc/c29xpcie: 8k page size NAND boot support base on TPL/SPL

[Prabhakar Kushwaha]

On 12/10/2013 11:50 PM, Scott Wood wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-12-10 at 11:37 +0530, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote:
>> On 12/9/2013 11:21 PM, Scott Wood wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 11:10 +0530, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote:
>>>> On 12/7/2013 6:51 AM, Scott Wood wrote:
>>>>> Prabhakar, why did you extend that to other uses?  Why are both entries
>>>>> ifdeffed here, but only the 0xffffe000 entry on existing boards?
>>>> both entry should not be in ifdef. p1010rdb/bsc9131rdb/bsc9132qds does
>>>> not have this.
>>>> i dont think NOR boot tested after this patch. NOR boot will not work
>>>> after applying this patch.
>>> So what happens if there's a speculative access to the non-ifdeffed
>>> 0xfffff000 when we're not booting from that (e.g. ramboot, SPL payload,
>>> SD/SPI...)?
>>>
>>>
>> If I understand the question correctly,
>>      Ideally ramboot, SPL payload, SD/SPI should not make access to this
>> address.  They assumed to be running from DDR whose TLB has already been
>> created by IBR, or First stage boot loader.
> Speculative accesses don't come (directly) from software.  They are
> initiated by the hardware and are not predictable.
>
>

Please help me in understanding this.
   What are the scenario where it is possible? means how hardware can 
initiate any access?
   do hardware initiated transaction require TLB?

Regards,
Prabhakar