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From: slash.tmp@free.fr (Mason)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: l2c: Kernel panic in l2c310_enable() in non-secure mode
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:51:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5620C891.9040707@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <561F88F4.40401@sigmadesigns.com>

On 15/10/2015 13:07, Marc Gonzalez wrote:

> One more question on this topic:
> 
> When Linux sees L310_AUX_CTRL_FULL_LINE_ZERO set, it then enables:
> 
>   bit3 = Write full line of zeros mode
>   bit2 = L1 Prefetch enable
>   bit1 = L2 Prefetch hint enable
> 
> Why are the "prefetch enable" features bundled in the operation?

Russell,

The prefetch enable bits were introduced in commit 8ef418c7178fa
("ARM: l2c: trial at enabling some Cortex-A9 optimisations")

I didn't find a ML thread discussing that patch. Whenever possible,
could you provide some insight into the rationale leading you to
set bits 1 and 2 along with bit 3? (The ARM integrator here tends
to think the two concepts are somewhat orthogonal.)

Regards.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-10-16  9:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-14 14:17 l2c: Kernel panic in l2c310_enable() in non-secure mode Marc Gonzalez
2015-10-14 14:47 ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-10-14 17:06   ` Rob Herring
2015-10-15  8:56     ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-10-15  9:09       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-10-14 17:47   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-10-14 20:28     ` Mason
2015-10-15 10:00     ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-10-15 11:07       ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-10-16  9:51         ` Mason [this message]
2015-10-14 17:45 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-10-14 19:34   ` Mason
2015-10-14 20:19   ` Peter Maydell
2015-10-14 21:08     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-10-15  8:27   ` Marc Gonzalez

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