[PATCH V6 3/6] arm: cache-l2x0: add support for Aurora L2 cache ctrl

Gregory CLEMENT gregory.clement at free-electrons.com
Tue Oct 23 06:23:10 EDT 2012


On 10/23/2012 12:00 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:43:02AM +0200, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
>> On 10/23/2012 11:01 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>>> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:35:23AM +0200, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
>>>> Aurora Cache Controller was designed to be compatible with the ARM L2
>>>> Cache Controller. It comes with some difference or improvement such
>>>> as:
>>>> - no cache id part number available through hardware (need to get it
>>>>   by the DT).
>>>> - always write through mode available.
>>>> - two flavors of the controller outer cache and system cache (meaning
>>>>   maintenance operations on L1 are broadcasted to the L2 and L2
>>>>   performs the same operation).
>>>> - in outer cache mode, the cache maintenance operations are improved and
>>>>   can be done on a range inside a page and are not limited to a cache
>>>>   line.
>>>
>>> This adds new build warnings:
>>>
>>> arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c:328:13: warning: 'aurora_inv_range' defined but not used
>>> arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c:347:13: warning: 'aurora_clean_range' defined but not used
>>> arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c:365:13: warning: 'aurora_flush_range' defined but not used
>>>
>>> to the realview build (non-DT).  Please investigate, thanks.
>>
>> OK I found the problem: aurora cache support is new so it is only
>> enable with device tree support. I moved all this functions in the
>> under OF_CONFIG (see the patch below). Do you want I submit it on the
>> patch system, or can you get it directly from this email?
> 
> Easier by the patch system, and much less likely to get buried and lost
> between now and when I do the update, thanks.
> 
OK, the initial patch 7547/1 was superseded by the patch 7547/2 that I have just
pushed in the patch system. I hope I have done it right.

Thanks,

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Gregory Clement, Free Electrons
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