[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] vexpress: disable cci ace slave ports when booting in non-sec/hyp mode

Sudeep Holla sudeep.holla at arm.com
Mon Sep 26 14:38:50 CEST 2016



On 26/09/16 13:30, Jon Medhurst (Tixy) wrote:
> On Fri, 2016-09-23 at 17:38 +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>> Commit f225d39d3093 ("vexpress: Check TC2 firmware support before defaulting
>> to nonsec booting") added support to check if the firmware on TC2  is
>> configured appropriately before booting in nonsec/hyp mode.
>>
>> However when booting in non-secure/hyp mode, CCI control must be done in
>> secure firmware and can't  be done in non-secure/hyp mode. In order to
>> ensure that, this patch disables the cci slave port inteface so that it
>> is not accessed at all.
>>
>> Cc: Jon Medhurst <tixy at linaro.org>
>> Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com>
>> ---
>
> Acked-by: Jon Medhurst <tixy at linaro.org>
> Tested-by: Jon Medhurst <tixy at linaro.org>

So, can I assume the missing kernel patches to be reason for boot hang ?
Just wanted to know if I need to investigate that any further ?

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep


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