[U-Boot] [PATCH 03/15] x86: Add some notes for MRC cache with Intel FSP

Bin Meng bmeng.cn at gmail.com
Sun May 22 10:45:27 CEST 2016


MRC cache relies on Intel FSP to produce a special GUID that
contains the MRC cache data. Add such information in the
CONFIG_ENABLE_MRC_CACHE help entry.

Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com>
---

 arch/x86/Kconfig | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index d304e29..c57b99d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -271,6 +271,13 @@ config ENABLE_MRC_CACHE
 	  to be used for speeding up boot time on future reboots and/or
 	  power cycles.
 
+	  For platforms that use Intel FSP for the memory initialization,
+	  please check FSP output HOB via U-Boot command 'fsp hob' to see
+	  if there is FSP_NON_VOLATILE_STORAGE_HOB_GUID (asm/fsp/fsp_hob.h).
+	  If such GUID does not exist, MRC cache is not avaiable on such
+	  platform (eg: Intel Queensbay), which means selecting this option
+	  here does not make any difference.
+
 config HAVE_MRC
 	bool "Add a System Agent binary"
 	depends on !HAVE_FSP
-- 
1.8.2.1



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