[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/2] ARM: Introduce function to switch to hypervisor mode

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Thu Jul 28 14:08:10 CEST 2016


On 07/27/2016 05:37 AM, Keerthy wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 27 July 2016 09:05 AM, Keerthy wrote:
>> On SoCs like DRA7, OMAP5 one cannot enable hypervisor mode directly
>> from the
>> u-boot because the ROM code puts the chip to supervisor mode after it
>> jumps to boot loader.
>>
>> Patch 1: Introduces a weak function which can be overridden specific to
>> SoCs to switch to hypervisor mode.
>>
>> Patch 2: overrides weak function in patch 1 switch cpu to hypervisor
>> mode using the available ROM code hook early in the boot phase before
>> the boot loader checks for hypervisor mode on OMAP5 based SoCs.
>>
>> Based on top of http://patchwork.dal.design.ti.com/patch/24937/.
> 
> Please ignore the above link.
> 
> Based on:
> 
> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2016-June/258300.html

Please resubmit fixed patch. Also please add your full name as the
author, otherwise the patches can not be applied.

See ie. https://lwn.net/Articles/195643/

>>
>> Keerthy (2):
>>    ARM: Introduce function to switch to hypervisor mode
>>    ARM: OMAP5+: Override switch_to_hypervisor function
>>
>>   arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/lowlevel_init.S | 21
>> +++++++++++++++++++++
>>   arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S                     | 15 +++++++++++++++
>>   arch/arm/include/asm/system.h                  |  1 +
>>   3 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
>>


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Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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