[U-Boot] [PATCH v1] armv8: fsl-layerscale: Rewrite reserving memory for MC and debug server

York Sun yorksun at freescale.com
Fri Nov 13 00:47:54 CET 2015


Yes, pram is used to reserve small memory from the top of u-boot memory, not necessarily the top of total memory. For example, a 32-bit u-boot with large memory.

York


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-------- Original message --------
From: Joakim Tjernlund
Date:11/12/2015 2:55 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: Sun York-R58495 , u-boot at lists.denx.de
Cc: Wood Scott-B07421 , Yoder Stuart-B08248 , treding at nvidia.com, swarren at nvidia.com, trini at konsulko.com, abrodkin at synopsys.com, Gong Qianyu-B52263 , Rivera Jose-B46482 , joe.hershberger at ni.com, Hou Zhiqiang-B48286 , angelo at sysam.it
Subject: Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH v1] armv8: fsl-layerscale: Rewrite reserving memory for MC and debug server

On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 14:20 -0800, York Sun wrote:
> Introduce a new function to calculate reserved memory to replace macro
> CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE for more flexibility. Legacy use of this macro is
> still supported. MC and debug server are not board-specific. Move the
> reservation function to SoC file. Reduce debug server memory by 2MB to
> make room for secure memory.

I would make sure "pram" is first to reserve memory, is it?

 Jocke

>
> Signed-off-by: York Sun <yorksun at freescale.com>
>
> ---
>
>  README                                  |    6 +++---
>  arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c |   18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  board/freescale/ls2085a/ls2085a.c       |   17 -----------------
>  board/freescale/ls2085aqds/ls2085aqds.c |   17 -----------------
>  board/freescale/ls2085ardb/ls2085ardb.c |   17 -----------------
>  common/board_f.c                        |   14 +++++++++++---
>  include/configs/ls2085a_common.h        |    5 ++---
>  7 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index 61cbc82..390ee10 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -3889,7 +3889,7 @@ Configuration Settings:
>               the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks,
>               this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
>
> -- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
> +- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE:
>               If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
>               this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
>               (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
> @@ -5068,8 +5068,8 @@ This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.
>  - CONFIG_SYS_DEBUG_SERVER_DRAM_BLOCK_MIN_SIZE
>       Define minimum DDR size required for debug server image
>
> -- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE_MIN
> -     Define minimum DDR size to be hided from top of the DDR memory
> +- CONFIG_SYS_MC_RESERV_MEM_ALIGN
> +     Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires
>
>  Reproducible builds
>  -------------------
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c
> index cda8d9b..72cb9d9 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c
> @@ -663,3 +663,21 @@ void reset_cpu(ulong addr)
>       val |= 0x02;
>       scfg_out32(rstcr, val);
>  }
> +
> +unsigned long board_reserve_ram_top(unsigned long ram_size)
> +{
> +     unsigned long ram_top = ram_size;
> +
> +/* Carve the Debug Server private DRAM block from the end of DRAM */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_FSL_DEBUG_SERVER
> +     ram_top -= debug_server_get_dram_block_size();
> +#endif
> +
> +/* Carve the MC private DRAM block from the end of DRAM */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
> +     ram_top -= mc_get_dram_block_size();
> +     ram_top &= ~(CONFIG_SYS_MC_RESERV_MEM_ALIGN - 1);
> +#endif
> +
> +     return ram_size - ram_top;
> +}
> diff --git a/board/freescale/ls2085a/ls2085a.c b/board/freescale/ls2085a/ls2085a.c
> index 27481e2..6f4c3d4 100644
> --- a/board/freescale/ls2085a/ls2085a.c
> +++ b/board/freescale/ls2085a/ls2085a.c
> @@ -66,23 +66,6 @@ int arch_misc_init(void)
>  }
>  #endif
>
> -unsigned long get_dram_size_to_hide(void)
> -{
> -     unsigned long dram_to_hide = 0;
> -
> -/* Carve the Debug Server private DRAM block from the end of DRAM */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_FSL_DEBUG_SERVER
> -     dram_to_hide += debug_server_get_dram_block_size();
> -#endif
> -
> -/* Carve the MC private DRAM block from the end of DRAM */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
> -     dram_to_hide += mc_get_dram_block_size();
> -#endif
> -
> -     return roundup(dram_to_hide, CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE_MIN);
> -}
> -
>  int board_eth_init(bd_t *bis)
>  {
>       int error = 0;
> diff --git a/board/freescale/ls2085aqds/ls2085aqds.c b/board/freescale/ls2085aqds/ls2085aqds.c
> index b02d6e8..8898cc3 100644
> --- a/board/freescale/ls2085aqds/ls2085aqds.c
> +++ b/board/freescale/ls2085aqds/ls2085aqds.c
> @@ -251,23 +251,6 @@ int arch_misc_init(void)
>  }
>  #endif
>
> -unsigned long get_dram_size_to_hide(void)
> -{
> -     unsigned long dram_to_hide = 0;
> -
> -/* Carve the Debug Server private DRAM block from the end of DRAM */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_FSL_DEBUG_SERVER
> -     dram_to_hide += debug_server_get_dram_block_size();
> -#endif
> -
> -/* Carve the MC private DRAM block from the end of DRAM */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
> -     dram_to_hide += mc_get_dram_block_size();
> -#endif
> -
> -     return roundup(dram_to_hide, CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE_MIN);
> -}
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
>  void fdt_fixup_board_enet(void *fdt)
>  {
> diff --git a/board/freescale/ls2085ardb/ls2085ardb.c b/board/freescale/ls2085ardb/ls2085ardb.c
> index 18953b8..efddf74 100644
> --- a/board/freescale/ls2085ardb/ls2085ardb.c
> +++ b/board/freescale/ls2085ardb/ls2085ardb.c
> @@ -217,23 +217,6 @@ int arch_misc_init(void)
>  }
>  #endif
>
> -unsigned long get_dram_size_to_hide(void)
> -{
> -     unsigned long dram_to_hide = 0;
> -
> -/* Carve the Debug Server private DRAM block from the end of DRAM */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_FSL_DEBUG_SERVER
> -     dram_to_hide += debug_server_get_dram_block_size();
> -#endif
> -
> -/* Carve the MC private DRAM block from the end of DRAM */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
> -     dram_to_hide += mc_get_dram_block_size();
> -#endif
> -
> -     return roundup(dram_to_hide, CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE_MIN);
> -}
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
>  void fdt_fixup_board_enet(void *fdt)
>  {
> diff --git a/common/board_f.c b/common/board_f.c
> index 8061105..369e6da 100644
> --- a/common/board_f.c
> +++ b/common/board_f.c
> @@ -316,6 +316,15 @@ __weak ulong board_get_usable_ram_top(ulong total_size)
>       return gd->ram_top;
>  }
>
> +__weak ulong board_reserve_ram_top(ulong ram_size)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE
> +     return CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE;
> +#else
> +     return 0;
> +#endif
> +}
> +
>  static int setup_dest_addr(void)
>  {
>       debug("Monitor len: %08lX\n", gd->mon_len);
> @@ -332,7 +341,6 @@ static int setup_dest_addr(void)
>        */
>       gd->secure_ram = gd->ram_size;
>  #endif
> -#if defined(CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE)
>       /*
>        * Subtract specified amount of memory to hide so that it won't
>        * get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By fixing up gd->ram_size
> @@ -343,8 +351,8 @@ static int setup_dest_addr(void)
>        * memory size from the SDRAM controller setup will have to
>        * get fixed.
>        */
> -     gd->ram_size -= CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE;
> -#endif
> +     gd->ram_size -= board_reserve_ram_top(gd->ram_size);
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE
>       gd->ram_top = CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE;
>  #endif
> diff --git a/include/configs/ls2085a_common.h b/include/configs/ls2085a_common.h
> index 0011e72..55d6a53 100644
> --- a/include/configs/ls2085a_common.h
> +++ b/include/configs/ls2085a_common.h
> @@ -193,10 +193,9 @@ unsigned long long get_qixis_addr(void);
>   * 512MB aligned, so the min size to hide is 512MB.
>   */
>  #if defined(CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET) || defined(CONFIG_FSL_DEBUG_SERVER)
> -#define CONFIG_SYS_DEBUG_SERVER_DRAM_BLOCK_MIN_SIZE  (256UL * 1024 * 1024)
> +#define CONFIG_SYS_DEBUG_SERVER_DRAM_BLOCK_MIN_SIZE  (254UL * 1024 * 1024)
>  #define CONFIG_SYS_LS_MC_DRAM_BLOCK_MIN_SIZE         (256UL * 1024 * 1024)
> -#define CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE_MIN                  (512UL * 1024 * 1024)
> -#define CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE              get_dram_size_to_hide()
> +#define CONFIG_SYS_MC_RESERV_MEM_ALIGN                       (512UL * 1024 * 1024)
>  #endif
>
>  /* PCIe */


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