[PATCH v3 0/2] Add StarFive's JH8100 StarLink Cache Controller

[Joshua Yeong]

Emil Renner Berthing :
> Joshua Yeong wrote:
> > StarFive's JH8100 StarLink Cache Controller flush/invalidates cache
> > using non- conventional RISC-V Zicbom extension instructions. This
> > driver provides the cache handling on StarFive RISC-V SoC.
> 
> Hi Joshua,
> 
> As far as I know you didn't tape out the JH8100 yet, and you seem to have
> replaced the SiFive cache controller with your own implementation. Can you
> exlain a bit more about why you didn't implement the perfectly good Zicbom
> standard instead of adding yet another non-standard work-around like this?
> 
> /Emil

Hi Emil,

I agree that the Zicbom standard is an important extension and future-
designed SoC should have this. In the V1 patch, I mentioned that the CPU core
used in JH8100 is matured, but unfortunately, it did not support the Zicbom
extension. JH8100 integrates 'Starlink-500' IP (more information homepage),
an in-house designed interconnect between peripherals and CPU to handle
cache management operations.

Regards,
Joshua

>
> > Changes in v3:
> > - Fix code syntax
> > - Link to v2:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240423072639.143450-1-
> joshua.yeong at starf
> > ivetech.com/
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Change patch title from 'Add StarFive's StarLink-500 Cache Controller'
> > - Remove StarFive alternative from errata framework
> > - Fixes warning from
> > https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202403151625.boKDjHGr-lkp@intel.
> > com/
> > - Flush completion through atomic timeout function
> > - Link to v1:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240314061205.26143-1-
> joshua.yeong at starf
> > ivetech.com/
> >
> > Joshua Yeong (2):
> >   cache: Add StarFive StarLink cache management for StarFive JH8100
> >   dt-bindings: cache: Add docs for StarFive Starlink cache controller
> >
> >  .../cache/starfive,jh8100-starlink-cache.yaml |  66 +++++++++
> >  drivers/cache/Kconfig                         |   9 ++
> >  drivers/cache/Makefile                        |   5 +-
> >  drivers/cache/starfive_starlink_cache.c       | 135 ++++++++++++++++++
> >  4 files changed, 213 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)  create mode
> > 100644
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cache/starfive,jh8100-starlink-cache
> > .yaml  create mode 100644 drivers/cache/starfive_starlink_cache.c
> >
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >
> >
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