[PATCH v3 1/2] cache: Add StarFive StarLink cache management for StarFive JH8100

[Joshua Yeong]

Emil Renner Berthing wrote:
> Joshua Yeong wrote:
> > Emil Renner Berthing wrote:
> > > Joshua Yeong wrote:
> > > > Add StarFive Starlink cache management driver for
> > > > JH8100 SoC. This driver enables RISC-V non-standard cache
> > > > operation on
> > > > JH8100 that does not support Zicbom extension instructions.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Joshua Yeong <joshua.yeong at starfivetech.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/cache/Kconfig                   |   9 ++
> > > >  drivers/cache/Makefile                  |   5 +-
> > > >  drivers/cache/starfive_starlink_cache.c | 135
> > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  3 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)  create mode
> > > > 100644 drivers/cache/starfive_starlink_cache.c
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/cache/Kconfig b/drivers/cache/Kconfig index
> > > > 9345ce4976d7..9181cd391f53 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/cache/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/drivers/cache/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -14,4 +14,13 @@ config SIFIVE_CCACHE
> > > >  	help
> > > >  	  Support for the composable cache controller on SiFive platforms.
> > > >
> > > > +config STARFIVE_STARLINK_CACHE
> > > > +	bool "StarFive StarLink Cache controller"
> > > > +	depends on RISCV
> > > > +	depends on ARCH_STARFIVE
> > > > +	select RISCV_DMA_NONCOHERENT
> > > > +	select RISCV_NONSTANDARD_CACHE_OPS
> > > > +	help
> > > > +	  Support for the StarLink cache controller on StarFive platforms.
> > >
> > > This is a bit misleading. The JH71x0s don't have this. It's only on
> > > the JH8100 so far, and hopefully later SoCs will just implement RISC-V
> standards for this.
> > > So maybe something like
> > >
> > > "Support for the StarLink cache controller on the StarFive JH8100 SoC."
> > >
> >
> > Hi Emil,
> >
> > The StarLink-500 cache controller is not designed exclusively for JH8100 SoC.
> > While it is true that it currently exists on the StarFive platform,
> > CPU/SoC that does not come with Zicbom extensions supported would need
> > to rely on this cache drive to do cache management operations. I think
> > we don’t need to mentioned 'JH8100 SoC' here.
> 
> Wait, in the previous mail you said that future designs will implement Zicbom
> and not need this work-around, but here you're talking about other SoCs that
> do need it. So which is it?

If you visit the company website and look for StarLink-500, you will find that 
it is a standalone IP that the company is selling as an interconnect. Anyone 
who integrates StarLink without Zicbom extensions may utilize the cache 
management operation from this IP.