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From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: OMAP3 L2/outer cache enabled in kernel (after being disabled by uBoot)?
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:10:00 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120131101000.GA1275@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHkRjk6KQXR1kt8VTPC3GOaHUusKikxXHR=Mge8akaVL2ipvaw@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 09:53:25AM +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> Maybe we could factor out the CPU-specific settings from proc-v*.S
> into a separate arch/arm/boot/preload directory. We keep proc-v*.S
> entirely generic and the implementation-defined bits setting in the
> preload code. You could have an option to link the preload with the
> kernel but we could recommend that people run this code from
> boot-loader before invoking the kernel.

You've seen the resistance from uboot to stuff we do with the kernel,
this will be no different.  There's also quite a number of boot loaders
out there which aren't capable of running a binary, returning and then
loading and running the kernel.

Plus, of course, it's far from friendly towards TFTP setups.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-01-31 10:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <WC20120116100344.4204CC@terrafix.co.uk>
2012-01-16 10:18 ` OMAP3 L2/outer cache enabled in kernel (after being disabled by uBoot)? Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-01-16 10:59   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-01-16 12:43     ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-01-16 13:13       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-01-16 13:22         ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-01-17 12:01           ` Aneesh V
     [not found]           ` <WC20120117085444.17057E@terrafix.co.uk>
2012-01-17 12:11             ` Catalin Marinas
2012-01-17 12:27               ` Aneesh V
2012-01-17 12:40                 ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-01-17 13:39                   ` Catalin Marinas
2012-01-17 13:58                     ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-01-17 16:27                       ` Catalin Marinas
2012-01-17 17:27                         ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-01-17 19:39                           ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-01-17 20:27                             ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-01-17 20:45                               ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-01-17 20:57                                 ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-01-17 20:58                                 ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-01-17 21:02                                   ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-01-18  8:43                                     ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-01-17 21:15                               ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-01-17 19:47                         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-01-17 20:11                           ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-01-17 20:48                             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-01-17 19:43                       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
     [not found]                       ` <WC20120120085711.330803@terrafix.co.uk>
2012-01-27 17:30                         ` Catalin Marinas
2012-01-31  5:21                           ` Aneesh V
2012-01-31  7:31                             ` Catalin Marinas
2012-01-31  7:38                               ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-01-31  8:54                                 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-01-31  9:05                                   ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-01-31  9:53                                     ` Catalin Marinas
2012-01-31 10:10                                       ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2012-01-31 12:10                                         ` Catalin Marinas
2012-01-31 18:09                                       ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-02-02 14:32                                         ` Catalin Marinas
2012-02-02 14:49                                           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-02-02 15:10                                             ` Catalin Marinas
2012-01-31  9:56                                     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-01-31 10:51                                       ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-01-31 18:27                                         ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-02-01  7:12                                           ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-01-17 14:18                     ` Grazvydas Ignotas
2012-01-17 13:41                 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-01-17 13:54                   ` Aneesh V
2012-01-17 14:23                   ` Måns Rullgård

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