[PATCH v4 3/3] ARM: imx6: dh-imx6: Enable d-cache early in SPL

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Wed Aug 17 12:51:01 CEST 2022


On 8/17/22 12:19, Philip Oberfichtner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> thanks for the feedback.
> 
> On Wed, 2022-08-17 at 11:24 +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> On 8/17/22 11:06, Philip Oberfichtner wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> +void spl_board_prepare_for_boot(void)
>>> +{
>>> +       /*
>>> +        * Flush dcache.
>>
>> The dcache_disable() does not do any cache flushing, it just disables
>> the Dcache enable C-bit.
> 
> See the following objdump jumping to flush_dcache_all(). The
> implementation of dcache_disable() is in arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c.
> 
> $ ${CROSS_COMPILE}objdump spl/u-boot-spl --disassemble=dcache_disable
>                                                                                               
> spl/u-boot-spl:     file format elf32-littlearm
>                                                                                               
>                                                                                               
> Disassembly of section .text:
>                                                                                               
> 0090b498 <dcache_disable>:
>    90b498:       b510            push    {r4, lr}
>    90b49a:       ee11 3f10       mrc     15, 0, r3, cr1, cr0, {0}
>    90b49e:       075b            lsls    r3, r3, #29
>    90b4a0:       d509            bpl.n   90b4b6 <dcache_disable+0x1e>
>    90b4a2:       ee11 4f10       mrc     15, 0, r4, cr1, cr0, {0}
>    90b4a6:       f7ff fbfb       bl      90aca0 <flush_dcache_all>
>    90b4aa:       f024 0405       bic.w   r4, r4, #5
>    90b4ae:       ee01 4f10       mcr     15, 0, r4, cr1, cr0, {0}
>    90b4b2:       f3bf 8f6f       isb     sy
>    90b4b6:       bd10            pop     {r4, pc}
> $
> 
> I'll add a note to the comment about flush_dcache_all() being called.

Doh, now I see it in there too, among the wall of ifdeffery in 
cache_disable() . Thanks

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