From: Aneesh V <aneesh@ti.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 05/10] armv7: integrate cache maintenance support
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 15:50:06 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DD24BD6.5060608@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110515185534.9B1F01491B06@gemini.denx.de>
Hi Wolfgang,
On Monday 16 May 2011 12:25 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> 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?
I intentionally kept it after relocation to avoid un-necessary
complexities.
Relocation is a case of self-modifying code. In Harvard architectures
like armv7 there will be coherency issues unless we flush the entire
D-cache(range based operation may be equally or more expensive) and
invalidate the entire I-cache.
So, in effect everything has to be flushed to memory before you jump to
the new location. There may be a small advantage because flushing from
cache allows for bursting to the DDR where as bursting is not possible
when d-cache is disabled. But I think this is not worth the trouble.
best regards,
Aneesh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-17 10:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 105+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-08 13:07 [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 00/10] armv7: cache maintenance operations Aneesh V
2011-03-08 13:07 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 01/10] arm: make default implementation of cache_flush() weakly linked Aneesh V
2011-03-08 13:07 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 02/10] armv7: add miscellaneous utility macros Aneesh V
2011-03-08 13:07 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 03/10] armv7: cache maintenance operations for armv7 Aneesh V
2011-03-08 13:07 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 04/10] armv7: replace CONFIG_L2_OFF with CONFIG_SYS_NO_L2CACHE Aneesh V
2011-03-08 13:07 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 05/10] armv7: integrate cache maintenance support Aneesh V
2011-03-08 13:07 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 06/10] arm: minor fixes for cache and mmu handling Aneesh V
2011-03-08 13:07 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 07/10] armv7: add PL310 support to u-boot Aneesh V
2011-03-08 13:07 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 08/10] armv7: adapt omap4 to the new cache maintenance framework Aneesh V
2011-03-08 13:07 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 09/10] armv7: adapt omap3 " Aneesh V
2011-03-08 13:07 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 10/10] armv7: adapt s5pc1xx " Aneesh V
2011-04-27 1:05 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 00/10] armv7: cache maintenance operations Simon Glass
2011-05-05 4:48 ` Simon Glass
2011-05-10 10:25 ` Aneesh V
2011-05-12 12:11 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 " Aneesh V
2011-05-12 12:11 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 01/10] arm: make default implementation of cache_flush() weakly linked Aneesh V
2011-05-12 12:11 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 02/10] armv7: add miscellaneous utility macros Aneesh V
2011-05-15 18:44 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-15 22:15 ` Simon Glass
2011-05-16 2:23 ` Eric Cooper
2011-05-16 14:50 ` Simon Glass
2011-05-16 15:52 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-16 5:51 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-17 3:47 ` Simon Glass
2011-05-17 5:27 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-17 8:44 ` Aneesh V
2011-05-17 9:27 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-31 7:54 ` V, Aneesh
2011-06-01 2:13 ` Simon Glass
2011-06-01 6:01 ` Aneesh V
2011-05-16 15:07 ` Aneesh V
2011-06-06 15:57 ` Aneesh V
2011-06-06 18:50 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-06-07 9:01 ` Aneesh V
2011-06-07 10:39 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-06-07 12:14 ` Aneesh V
2011-06-07 15:19 ` Simon Glass
2011-06-07 15:40 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-06-08 11:53 ` Aneesh V
2011-06-08 21:41 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-06-14 8:45 ` Aneesh V
2011-06-14 10:51 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-06-14 11:39 ` Aneesh V
2011-06-14 13:53 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-06-14 15:11 ` Simon Glass
2011-06-14 18:54 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-06-15 15:19 ` Simon Glass
2011-06-15 8:48 ` Aneesh V
2011-06-15 9:20 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-06-15 11:01 ` Aneesh V
2011-06-15 12:04 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-06-15 12:42 ` Graeme Russ
2011-06-15 12:51 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-06-15 13:03 ` Graeme Russ
2011-06-16 11:07 ` Graeme Russ
2011-06-16 11:46 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-06-16 23:58 ` Graeme Russ
2011-06-16 5:39 ` Aneesh V
2011-06-16 6:19 ` Graeme Russ
2011-06-16 8:15 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-06-16 11:10 ` Graeme Russ
2011-05-12 12:11 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 03/10] armv7: cache maintenance operations for armv7 Aneesh V
2011-05-15 18:51 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-17 9:17 ` Aneesh V
2011-05-17 9:31 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-17 9:37 ` Aneesh V
2011-05-17 9:58 ` Aneesh V
2011-06-16 14:17 ` Simon Glass
2011-05-12 12:11 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 04/10] armv7: replace CONFIG_L2_OFF with CONFIG_SYS_NO_L2CACHE Aneesh V
2011-05-15 18:53 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-17 9:59 ` Aneesh V
2011-05-17 11:09 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-06-06 11:39 ` Aneesh V
2011-06-15 10:13 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-12 12:11 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 05/10] armv7: integrate cache maintenance support Aneesh V
2011-05-15 18:55 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-17 10:20 ` Aneesh V [this message]
2011-05-17 11:14 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-17 12:06 ` Aneesh V
2011-05-17 12:28 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-17 13:28 ` Aneesh V
2011-05-17 21:37 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-12 12:11 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 06/10] arm: minor fixes for cache and mmu handling Aneesh V
2011-05-12 12:11 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 07/10] armv7: add PL310 support to u-boot Aneesh V
2011-05-12 12:11 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 08/10] armv7: adapt omap4 to the new cache maintenance framework Aneesh V
2011-05-15 18:57 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-12 12:11 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 09/10] armv7: adapt omap3 " Aneesh V
2011-05-15 18:58 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-05-12 12:11 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 10/10] armv7: adapt s5pc1xx " Aneesh V
2011-05-15 18:59 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-06-17 9:30 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 0/9] armv7: cache maintenance operations Aneesh V
2011-06-22 17:41 ` Albert ARIBAUD
2011-06-23 5:57 ` V, Aneesh
2011-06-23 19:24 ` Paulraj, Sandeep
2011-06-28 1:44 ` Minkyu Kang
2011-06-28 5:41 ` Albert ARIBAUD
2011-06-17 9:30 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 1/9] arm: make default implementation of cache_flush() weakly linked Aneesh V
2011-06-17 9:30 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 2/9] armv7: cache maintenance operations for armv7 Aneesh V
2011-06-17 9:30 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 3/9] armv7: rename cache related CONFIG flags Aneesh V
2011-06-17 9:30 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 4/9] armv7: integrate cache maintenance support Aneesh V
2011-06-17 9:30 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 5/9] arm: minor fixes for cache and mmu handling Aneesh V
2011-06-17 9:30 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 6/9] armv7: add PL310 support to u-boot Aneesh V
2011-06-17 9:30 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 7/9] armv7: adapt omap4 to the new cache maintenance framework Aneesh V
2011-06-17 9:30 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 8/9] armv7: adapt omap3 " Aneesh V
2011-06-17 9:30 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 9/9] armv7: adapt s5pc1xx " Aneesh V
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