[PATCH v5 3/3] ARM: imx6: dh-imx6: Enable d-cache early in SPL

Philip Oberfichtner pro at denx.de
Wed Aug 17 13:02:46 CEST 2022


From: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>

Enable d-cache early in SPL right after DRAM is started up.
This reduces U-Boot proper load time by 650ms when loaded
from SPI NOR.

Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
Signed-off-by: Philip Oberfichtner <pro at denx.de>

---

Changes in v5:
        - Clarify dcache_disable() comment

Changes in v4:
        - Elaborate on dcache_disable() comment

Changes in v3:
        - Use newly introduced Kconfig symbol for dh_imx6_defconfig

Changes in v2:
        - Add comment to explain the relevance of dcache_disable()

 board/dhelectronics/dh_imx6/dh_imx6_spl.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 configs/dh_imx6_defconfig                 |  1 +
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)

diff --git a/board/dhelectronics/dh_imx6/dh_imx6_spl.c b/board/dhelectronics/dh_imx6/dh_imx6_spl.c
index e49e97724a..f8512bd32e 100644
--- a/board/dhelectronics/dh_imx6/dh_imx6_spl.c
+++ b/board/dhelectronics/dh_imx6/dh_imx6_spl.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <common.h>
+#include <cpu_func.h>
 #include <init.h>
 #include <asm/arch/clock.h>
 #include <asm/arch/crm_regs.h>
@@ -14,11 +15,13 @@
 #include <asm/arch/mx6-ddr.h>
 #include <asm/arch/mx6-pins.h>
 #include <asm/arch/sys_proto.h>
+#include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/gpio.h>
 #include <asm/mach-imx/boot_mode.h>
 #include <asm/mach-imx/iomux-v3.h>
 #include <asm/mach-imx/mxc_i2c.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fuse.h>
 #include <fsl_esdhc_imx.h>
@@ -610,6 +613,20 @@ static void dhcom_spl_dram_init(void)
 	}
 }
 
+void dram_bank_mmu_setup(int bank)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	set_section_dcache(ROMCP_ARB_BASE_ADDR >> MMU_SECTION_SHIFT, DCACHE_DEFAULT_OPTION);
+	set_section_dcache(IRAM_BASE_ADDR >> MMU_SECTION_SHIFT, DCACHE_DEFAULT_OPTION);
+
+	for (i = MMDC0_ARB_BASE_ADDR >> MMU_SECTION_SHIFT;
+			i < ((MMDC0_ARB_BASE_ADDR >> MMU_SECTION_SHIFT) +
+			(SZ_1G >> MMU_SECTION_SHIFT));
+			i++)
+		set_section_dcache(i, DCACHE_DEFAULT_OPTION);
+}
+
 void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
 {
 	/* setup AIPS and disable watchdog */
@@ -636,9 +653,26 @@ void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
 	/* DDR3 initialization */
 	dhcom_spl_dram_init();
 
+	/* Set up early MMU tables at the beginning of DRAM and start d-cache */
+	gd->arch.tlb_addr = MMDC0_ARB_BASE_ADDR + SZ_32M;
+	gd->arch.tlb_size = PGTABLE_SIZE;
+	enable_caches();
+
 	/* Clear the BSS. */
 	memset(__bss_start, 0, __bss_end - __bss_start);
 
 	/* load/boot image from boot device */
 	board_init_r(NULL, 0);
 }
+
+void spl_board_prepare_for_boot(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Disable and flush dcache. Without it the next bootstage might fail randomly because of
+	 * dirty cache lines that have not been written back to DRAM.
+	 *
+	 * In my particular case, U-Boot proper calls invalidate_dcache_all() before enabling it.
+	 * At this point, dirty cache lines would get lost, if the SPL had not flushed them.
+	 */
+	dcache_disable();
+}
diff --git a/configs/dh_imx6_defconfig b/configs/dh_imx6_defconfig
index 051816f719..1be6ae62ce 100644
--- a/configs/dh_imx6_defconfig
+++ b/configs/dh_imx6_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
+CONFIG_SPL_SYS_L2_PL310=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_MX6=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x17800000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x1000
-- 
2.37.1



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