[RFC PATCH] ARM: cache-l2x0: add setup entry for l2 in non-secure mode

[gioh.kim@lge.com (Gioh Kim)]

2014-05-19 ?? 6:11, Barry Song ? ?:
> 2014-05-19 8:29 GMT+08:00 Gioh Kim <gioh.kim@lge.com>:
>>
>>
>> 2014-05-18 ?? 10:13, Barry Song ? ?:
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>>> 2014-05-15 13:39 GMT+08:00 Gioh Kim <gioh.kim@lge.com>:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> My board is using Trustzone and running kernel is non-secure mode.
>>>> But setup function of PL310 driver is only for secure mode kernel.
>>>>
>>>> What about adding an entry for non-secure mode setup function?
>>>>
>>>> I'm sorry for my poor code but I just wanna say what I need .
>>>
>>>
>>> Gioh,
>>>
>>> i don't really understand what is the user scenarios for this, if you
>>> are running linux in non-secure mode, your security-mode codes have
>>> enabled L2, so this makes non-secure linux have no chance to execute
>>> setup at all:
>>
>>
>> My platform runs linux kernel before L2 cache activation.
>> And the L2 cache is activated when the kernel sends command to Trustzone
>> firmware.
>> At this moment L2 is not activated. Linux should send command for L2
>> activation to Trustzone at the moment.
>
> i think you can send command to trustzone firmware to enable L2 at
> first, then make your Linux l2 driver run.

Right. My platform is working like that.
Activate L2 first and run l2x0 driver.

But I think many platforms have trustzone firmware and are working like my platform.
They might need non-secure setup.

>
>
> -barry
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