Kexec on arm64

[Feng Kan]

>
> But I had some luck when I did the same steps with L3 cache
> disabled. According to http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg329541.html
> it has an L3 cache. Luckily I was able to disable it in u-boot.
>
> With the L3 cache disabled configuration I am able to
> do "kexec -e". Please see the log attached.
>
> Feng,
> I doubt kernel is unaware of the presence of L3 cache, this subsequently
> makes "kexec -e" to fail.
Yes, L3 is turned on prior to entering Linux. It is used when Linux
enable cache in
the MMU.

>
> Do you have any idea how to make the kernel to take control of L3 cache?
We don't have this code. Using address 0 to get back to spin address would
require you to disable cache prior to jump.


>
> --Arun