[U-Boot] [PATCH] ARC: invalidate i$ and d$ at startup code
Eugeniy Paltsev
Eugeniy.Paltsev at synopsys.com
Tue Jan 16 18:52:25 UTC 2018
This is useful to make sure no stale data exists in caches after bootloaders.
The worst thing could be some lines of cache were locked in a bootloader
for example during DDR recalibration and never unlocked. This may lead
to really unpredictable issues later down the line.
Signed-off-by: Eugeniy Paltsev <Eugeniy.Paltsev at synopsys.com>
---
arch/arc/lib/start.S | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arc/lib/start.S b/arch/arc/lib/start.S
index 95d64f9..0d72fe7 100644
--- a/arch/arc/lib/start.S
+++ b/arch/arc/lib/start.S
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ ENTRY(_start)
#endif
sr r5, [ARC_AUX_IC_CTRL]
+ mov r5, 1
+ sr r5, [ARC_AUX_IC_IVIC]
+ ; As per ARC HS databook (see chapter 5.3.3.2)
+ ; it is required to add 3 NOPs after each write to IC_IVIC.
+ nop
+ nop
+ nop
+
1:
; Disable/enable D-cache according to configuration
lr r5, [ARC_BCR_DC_BUILD]
@@ -57,6 +65,10 @@ ENTRY(_start)
#endif
sr r5, [ARC_AUX_DC_CTRL]
+ mov r5, 1
+ sr r5, [ARC_AUX_DC_IVDC]
+
+
1:
#ifdef CONFIG_ISA_ARCV2
; Disable System-Level Cache (SLC)
--
2.9.3
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