About enable L2 cache in Linux kernel

[Jason Liu]

Hi, Russell, Nicolas,

2011/4/15 Jason Liu <liu.h.jason at gmail.com>:
> Hi, Russell,
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> I notice that if bootloader does not enable L2, after linux boot up,
> the L2 cached will keep disabled.
> Do you know why Linux kernel does not do L2 cache enable operation at
> start up on cortex_a8?
> Just due to that L2 is implementation specific? But cortex_a8
> processor embed L2 cache inside.

Any comments about it?

Jason

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> BR,
> Jason
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