Possible mistake in defining TTBR cache-able attributes for v7-2 level ?

Shiraz Hashim shiraz.linux.kernel at gmail.com
Sat Mar 15 09:07:05 EDT 2014


On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Catalin Marinas
<catalin.marinas at arm.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 01:46:27PM +0000, Shiraz Hashim wrote:
> > TTB_IRGN_WBWA macro defined in arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-2level.S, seems incorrect
> >
> > #define TTB_IRGN_WBWA   ((0 << 0) | (1 << 6))
> >
> > Its intention seems to program as write back and write allocate whereas it
> > actually
> > programs it  write-through,
> >
> > From ARM TRM
> >
> > The possible values of IRGN[1:0] are:
> >   0b00 Normal memory, Inner Non-cacheable.
> >   0b01 Normal memory, Inner Write-Back Write-Allocate Cacheable.
> >   0b10 Normal memory, Inner Write-Through Cacheable.
> >   0b11 Normal memory, Inner Write-Back no Write-Allocate Cacheable.
> >
> > --IRGN[0] is b'0 and IRGN[1] is b'6
>
> In the ARMv7 ARM, IRGN[0] is bit 6 and IRGN[1] is bit 0. Which TRM is
> this?
>

I am referring to Cortex A53 TRM, here
http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.ddi0500d/CIHIDJFJ.html

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regards
Shiraz Hashim



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