From: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/4] cache_v7: Check for dcache enablement in dcache flush functions
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:33:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201206151633.41216.marex@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FDB4709.1050607@ti.com>
Dear Tom Rini,
> On 06/15/2012 07:25 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > Dear Tom Rini,
> >
> >> On 06/14/2012 10:48 PM, R, Sricharan wrote:
> >>> Hi Tom,
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Tom Rini <trini@ti.com> wrote:
> >>>> If we are built with D-CACHE enabled but have run 'dcache off' and
> >>>> then attempt to flush unaligned regions we spam the console with
> >>>> problems that aren't true (as the cache was off).
> >>>>
> >>> Today we do cache maintenance operations after the dcache is turned
> >>> off. One example is before jumping to kernel, we try to invalidate
> >>> the caches, in cache turned off state. So with this patch those
> >>> maintenance calls will do nothing, which is not correct.
> >>
> >> Ah yes, But, shouldn't we be doing these same operations as part of
> >> turning the cache off?
> >>
> >>> If it is a problem with unaligned regions, then that is the only
> >>>
> >>> thing to be fixed
> >>>
> >>> right ?. Just trying to understand why this change is required ?
> >>
> >> The problem is that within the USB/network/filesystem stacks we have a
> >> lot of not cache safe alignments apparently. Without this every '#' of
> >> a tftp gives a screen full of error printfs. So tftp'ing a kernel takes
> >> minutes, not seconds, to complete.
> >
> > I think we should augment uboot to disallow tftp, fatload etc. to cache-
> > unaligned address when caches are on ... this'd squash away the need for
> > any shitty bounce buffers right away. Tom, will you be able to implement
> > it, pretty please?
>
> But that's not the problem. The problem is all of the stuff going on
> within the USB/networking stack.
Correct. This will shield you from the users, I think it's worth to implement
like that asap anyway. Or do we want a bounce buffer? I doubt that.
The other part is to fix the internals of u-boot. This will be the harder part.
Best regards,
Marek Vasut
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-15 14:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 85+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-14 19:01 [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/4] USB and cache related fixes Tom Rini
2012-06-14 19:01 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/4] ehci-omap: Do not call dcache_off from omap_ehci_hcd_init Tom Rini
2012-06-14 21:57 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-14 22:14 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-14 19:01 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/4] cache_v7: Check for dcache enablement in dcache flush functions Tom Rini
2012-06-14 22:00 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-14 22:11 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-14 23:17 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-15 5:48 ` R, Sricharan
2012-06-15 14:07 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-15 14:25 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-15 14:30 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-15 14:33 ` Marek Vasut [this message]
2012-06-15 14:48 ` R, Sricharan
2012-06-15 15:00 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-15 15:18 ` R, Sricharan
2012-06-15 15:20 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-18 14:13 ` R, Sricharan
2012-06-18 15:23 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-20 16:46 ` Aneesh V
2012-06-21 9:25 ` Sricharan R
2012-06-21 15:23 ` R, Sricharan
2012-06-27 23:40 ` Aneesh V
2012-06-28 5:49 ` R, Sricharan
2012-06-27 23:17 ` Aneesh V
2012-06-14 19:01 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/4] ehci-hcd.c: Add a new USB_DMA_MINALIGN define for cache alignment Tom Rini
2012-06-14 19:29 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-14 19:30 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-14 19:41 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-14 19:54 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-14 20:02 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-14 19:01 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/4] musb_core.h: " Tom Rini
2012-06-14 21:45 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 0/3] USB and cache related fixes Tom Rini
2012-06-14 21:45 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 1/3] ehci-omap: Do not call dcache_off from omap_ehci_hcd_init Tom Rini
2012-06-14 21:45 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 2/3] cache_v7: Check for dcache enablement in dcache flush functions Tom Rini
2012-06-14 21:45 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 3/3] ehci-hcd.c, musb_core, usb.h: Add USB_DMA_MINALIGN define for cache alignment Tom Rini
2012-06-20 16:21 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 0/6] USB and cache related fixes Tom Rini
2012-06-20 16:21 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 1/6] ehci-omap: Do not call dcache_off from omap_ehci_hcd_init Tom Rini
2012-06-20 16:21 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 2/6] ehci-hcd.c, musb_core, usb.h: Add USB_DMA_MINALIGN define for cache alignment Tom Rini
2012-06-20 19:00 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-20 19:15 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-20 21:15 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-20 22:07 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-21 0:09 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-20 16:21 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 3/6] mcx: Disable DCACHE since USB EHCI is enabled Tom Rini
2012-06-20 16:21 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 4/6] omap3_beagle: " Tom Rini
2012-06-20 16:21 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 5/6] omap4_panda: " Tom Rini
2012-06-20 16:21 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 6/6] tam3517-common: " Tom Rini
2012-06-20 22:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 0/6] USB and cache related fixes Tom Rini
2012-06-20 22:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 1/6] ehci-omap: Do not call dcache_off from omap_ehci_hcd_init Tom Rini
2012-06-20 22:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 2/6] ehci-hcd.c, musb_core, usb.h: Add USB_DMA_MINALIGN define for cache alignment Tom Rini
2012-06-20 22:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 3/6] mcx: Disable DCACHE since USB EHCI is enabled Tom Rini
2012-06-27 22:28 ` Ilya Yanok
2012-06-27 22:48 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-28 13:57 ` Ilya Yanok
2012-06-28 14:37 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-28 14:57 ` Ilya Yanok
2012-06-28 15:41 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-30 15:51 ` Ilya Yanok
2012-06-30 19:27 ` Marek Vasut
2012-07-03 20:10 ` Ilya Yanok
2012-07-03 21:23 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-28 17:29 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-28 22:01 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-28 22:34 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-28 22:36 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-28 23:01 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-29 0:54 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-29 2:14 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-30 15:55 ` Ilya Yanok
2012-06-30 19:28 ` Marek Vasut
2012-07-03 20:13 ` Ilya Yanok
2012-07-03 20:43 ` Tom Rini
2012-07-03 21:12 ` Ilya Yanok
2012-07-04 0:14 ` Marek Vasut
2012-07-04 13:08 ` Ilya Yanok
2012-07-03 21:24 ` Marek Vasut
2012-06-20 22:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 4/6] omap3_beagle: " Tom Rini
2012-06-20 22:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 5/6] omap4_panda: " Tom Rini
2012-06-21 11:19 ` Sricharan R
2012-06-21 16:40 ` R, Sricharan
2012-06-20 22:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 6/6] tam3517-common: " Tom Rini
2012-06-14 22:02 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/4] USB and cache related fixes Marek Vasut
2012-06-14 22:13 ` Tom Rini
2012-06-14 23:17 ` Marek Vasut
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