[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 05/10] armv7: integrate cache maintenance support

Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-15T18:55:34Z

Dear Aneesh V,

In message <1305202276-27784-6-git-send-email-aneesh@ti.com> you wrote:
> - Enable I-cache on bootup
> - Enable MMU and D-cache immediately after relocation
> - Do necessary initialization before enabling d-cache and MMU

Would it be possible to do this even _before_ relocation, so to speed
up memory accesses during relocation? Of course, proper invalidates/
flushes will be needed before jumping to the RAM address, but I guess
this would save a bit of boot times?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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