[PATCH] arc: arcv2: cache: Explicitly set MSB counterpart of region ops addresses
Vineet Gupta
Vineet.Gupta1 at synopsys.com
Wed Aug 2 01:26:16 PDT 2017
On 08/02/2017 01:33 PM, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
>
>>> - write_aux_reg(ARC_REG_SLC_RGN_END, (paddr + sz + l2_line_sz - 1));
>>> - write_aux_reg(ARC_REG_SLC_RGN_START, paddr);
>>> + end = paddr + sz + l2_line_sz - 1;
>>> + write_aux_reg(ARC_REG_SLC_RGN_END1, upper_32_bits(end));
>>> + write_aux_reg(ARC_REG_SLC_RGN_END, lower_32_bits(end));
>>> + write_aux_reg(ARC_REG_SLC_RGN_START1, upper_32_bits(paddr));
>>> + write_aux_reg(ARC_REG_SLC_RGN_START, lower_32_bits(paddr));
>> Are these registers present even if PAE is not configured in hardware ?
> Apparently no :(
>
> I did test it on AXS103 but just now realized its latest firmware has PAE40.
> Retested on older firmware (still with HS 2.1) without PAE and indeed those
> AUX registers are not implemented:
> ----------------------->8----------------------
> ...
>
> So I'll respin this patch with conditional setup of those regs
> depending on PAE40 presence.
And please also do another patch which converts the existing is_pae40_enabled()
calls to is_pae40_exists() or somesuch, as apparently these regs needs to be
cleared if hw has PAE and kernel not using PAE is immaterial.
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