[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/3] MIPS: Move cache sizes to Kconfig

[Paul Burton]

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 04:40:07PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > Hi Marek,
> 
> Hi!

Hi again Marek :)

> > We're already using the cache size auto-detection on Malta, and on 2
> > other FPGA-based boards internally. I've submitted v2 which preserves
> > CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE as a synonym of ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN for the
> > drivers that are still using it.
> 
> That's a good workaround for now. Would you be interested in fixing this
> runtime cache configuration properly ?

We use the runtime cache size detection on Malta, on SEAD3 & on Boston.
The latter 2 aren't upstream yet of course, but all 3 are FPGA-based
platforms used to develop, test & showcase new CPUs. As such the CPU (&
by association the cache) can change just by flashing a new bitfile to
the board, and it's very convenient for a single build of U-Boot to work
regardless of the bitfile in use.

It all works fine so long as drivers are well behaved, and nothing on
any of those platforms uses CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE. I'm not sure
there's anything to fix really apart from drivers should possibly move
to use ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN, but I wouldn't feel comfortable doing a global
replacement as I don't have a way to test many boards for other
architectures.

> Off-topic: Is malta that mipsfpga or is that something else ?
> Can I synthesise that mipsfpga into some altera FPGA ? If so, which one
> is a good pick ?

I don't know much about the MIPSfpga project to be honest, but I can
forward your question to someone who does.

Thanks,
    Paul