[PATCH v2 2/2] armv8: Disable SYS_DCACHE_OFF & SYS_ICACHE_OFF for ARM64

Bhupesh Sharma bhupesh.sharma at linaro.org
Tue Aug 22 09:51:12 CEST 2023


Ideally SYS_ICACHE_OFF and SYS_DCACHE_OFF should never be set for
ARM64 (ARMv8) platforms, as it makes booting u-boot slower on these
platforms.

However, if some platforms require ICACHE or DCACHE  to be disabled
only for the smaller SPL stage, we should support such configurations
in u-boot as well.

Compile-tested for:
- qemu arm64
- imx8
- stm32

and run-tested on:
- Qualcomm RB3 platform

Cc: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
Cc: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
Cc: Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com>
Signed-off-by: Bhupesh Sharma <bhupesh.sharma at linaro.org>
---
 arch/arm/Kconfig            | 2 ++
 arch/arm/cpu/armv8/Makefile | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 36ee1e9a3c..92bff715e3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ config THUMB2_KERNEL
 
 config SYS_ICACHE_OFF
 	bool "Do not enable icache"
+	depends on !ARM64
 	help
 	  Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot.
 
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ config SPL_SYS_ICACHE_OFF
 
 config SYS_DCACHE_OFF
 	bool "Do not enable dcache"
+	depends on !ARM64
 	help
 	  Do not enable data cache in U-Boot.
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/Makefile b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/Makefile
index bba4f570db..0d0c1728e4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/Makefile
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 
 extra-y	:= start.o
 
+obj-y	+= cache_v8.o
 obj-y	+= cpu.o
 ifndef CONFIG_$(SPL_TPL_)TIMER
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYS_ARCH_TIMER) += generic_timer.o
 endif
 ifndef CONFIG_$(SPL_)SYS_DCACHE_OFF
-obj-y	+= cache_v8.o
-obj-y	+= cache.o
+obj-y  += cache.o
 endif
 ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARMV8_SPL_EXCEPTION_VECTORS) += exceptions.o
-- 
2.38.1



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