[U-Boot] [PATCH] arch/arm: Add individual TLB size support.

[Albert ARIBAUD]

Hi Xiubo,

On Mon, 7 Jul 2014 13:19:11 +0800, Xiubo Li <Li.Xiubo at freescale.com>
wrote:

> This adds CONFIG_TLB_SIZE for individual board, whose TLB size maybe
> larger than PGTABLE_SIZE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <Li.Xiubo at freescale.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/lib/board.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/board.c b/arch/arm/lib/board.c
> index dc34190..b7327ce 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/lib/board.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/lib/board.c
> @@ -353,7 +353,11 @@ void board_init_f(ulong bootflag)
>  
>  #if !(defined(CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF) && defined(CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF))
>  	/* reserve TLB table */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_TLB_SIZE
> +	gd->arch.tlb_size = CONFIG_TLB_SIZE;
> +#else
>  	gd->arch.tlb_size = PGTABLE_SIZE;
> +#endif
>  	addr -= gd->arch.tlb_size;
>  
>  	/* round down to next 64 kB limit */

There is no code in current mainline which defines CONFIG_TLB_SIZE;
that makes the patch a dead code addition.

Besides, what's the point of this as opposed to, e.g., just defining the
right PGTABLE_SIZE, or renaming PGTABLE_SIZE as CONFIG_TLB_SIZE?

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.