[U-Boot] U-boot changes to bringup boot and secondary CPUs in HYP mode

[Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de>]

Hi Jayadev,

> Hello all,
> 
> I am currently trying to bring up Xen on OMAP5432. When I try to boot
> the board it shows
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> *Starting kernel ...- UART enabled -- CPU 00000000 booting -- Xen
> must be entered in NS Hyp mode -- Please update the bootloader --
> Boot failed -* After applying the below patch , the boot CPU started
> loading.
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/lowlevel_init.S
> b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/lowlevel_init.S
> index 86c0e42..696da4b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/lowlevel_init.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/lowlevel_init.S
> @@ -19,7 +19,20 @@
>   ENTRY(save_boot_params)
>       ldr    r1, =OMAP_SRAM_SCRATCH_BOOT_PARAMS
>       str    r0, [r1]
> +/*
> + * Turn on hypervisor mode on CPU#0
> + */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DRA7XX_HYPERVISOR_ON
> +    mov    r0, lr        @ This is a great place to switch into hyp
> mode
> +                @ only the r0 was needed from _start and is now
> +                @ free; all other general purpose registers were
> +                @ already free.
> +    ldr    r12, =0x102    @ Set PL310 control register - value in R0
> +    .word    0xe1600070    @ SMC #0 - hand assembled because
> -march=armv5
> +                @ call ROM Code API to set control register
> +#else
>       bx    lr
> +#endif /* CONFIG_DRA7XX_HYPERVISOR_ON */
>   ENDPROC(save_boot_params)
>    ENTRY(set_pl310_ctrl_reg)
> 
> However now the secondary CPUs fail to load;
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> *(XEN) Bringing up CPU1- CPU 00000001 booting -- Xen must be entered
> in NS Hyp mode -- Please update the bootloader -- Boot failed -*
> Can someone provide the proper U-boot changes required to load the
> CPUs in HYP mode

Maybe between your patch (at the very beginning of boot up) and the time
XEN wants to re-enable second CPU there is a switch from HYP to SVC mode?

Please keep in mind that u-boot works with single core - and this
single core execution mode is passed to XEN.

> 
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Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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