From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: prakashk75@gmail.com (Prakash K.B.) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:31:10 +0530 Subject: ARM : Kernel : Setting up of MMU in head.S In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org Merci mate. :-) On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:59 AM, Dave Hylands wrote: > Hi Prakash, > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Dave Hylands wrote: > > Hi Prakash, > > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Prakash K.B. > wrote: > >> Hello. > >> > >> Please do not hesitate to let me know if this must be posted elsewhere. > >> > >> I have been trying to understand the code that sets up the MMU. I do > have a > >> fair understanding of the way MMU is meant to be setup, but something in > the > >> kernel code is tripping me. > > Some further explanation is due. > > When the kernel starts, the MMU is off, and ther ARM is running with > an implicit identity mapping (i.e. each virtual address maps to the > same physical address). > [Prakash] Aha...So what I ignored as a routine code comment had a deeper meaning.. :-) > > If your physical memory starts at 0x80000000, then the PC will be > 0x800xxxxx. > [Prakash] Agreed. > > When the MMU table is turned on, the PC is still at 0x800xxxx, so even > though the kernel has 0xc00xxxxx mapped to 0x800xxxxx it also has to > have 0x800xxxxx mapped to 0x800xxxxx. > [Prakash] I think you meant to say "So even though the kernel intends to map 0xc00XXXX to 0x800XXX in the future, it has currently mapped 0x800xxx to 0x800xxx. Now that I know this identity mapping is done on purpose, I hope to make good progress with the succeeding sequence. Do you confirm that only one entry is written into this L1 table because both mmu_enable and enable_mmu_end are on the same section? > > So this mapping of 0x800xxxxx to 0x800xxxxx is the "identity" portion > and is needed while switching the MMU on. The 0xc00xxxxx to 0x800xxxxx > mapping is what's used while the kernel is running. > > -- > Dave Hylands > Shuswap, BC, Canada > http://www.davehylands.com > -Prakash -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/attachments/20110331/50125820/attachment-0001.html