[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 2/4] ARM: cache: add an empty stub function for invalidate/flush dcache

[Josh Wu <josh.wu@atmel.com>]

Hi, York

On 7/28/2015 1:21 PM, York Sun wrote:
> Josh,
>
> No you didn't miss. I think you are right on this file.

Thanks for the review, Could I have your reviewed-by tag for this patch?

Best Regards,
Josh Wu
>
> York
>
> Sent from my cellphone
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Josh Wu
> Date:07/27/2015 22:07 (GMT-08:00)
> To: Sun York-R58495 , U-Boot Mailing List , Marek Vasut , Tom Rini
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada , Jeroen Hofstee , Valentine Barshak , Simon Glass 
> , Thierry Reding , Masahiro Yamada , Heiko Schocher , Albert Aribaud , 
> Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] ARM: cache: add an empty stub function for 
> invalidate/flush dcache
>
> Hi, York
>
> On 7/28/2015 12:24 PM, York Sun wrote:
>> Please search the same name function in the same file.
>
> yes, there still have flush_dcache_range() & invalidate_dcache_range() 
> function defined in case of DCACHE is enabled (CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF 
> is not defined).
> And in that case, the empty weak functions flush_dcache_range() & 
> invalidate_dcache_range() in arch/arm/lib/cache.c will be ignored. It 
> is an expect behavior.
>
> or did I miss something?
>
> Best Regards,
> Josh Wu
>
>>
>> York
>>
>> Sent from my cellphone
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Josh Wu
>> Date:07/27/2015 19:17 (GMT-08:00)
>> To: Sun York-R58495 , U-Boot Mailing List , Marek Vasut , Tom Rini
>> Cc: Masahiro Yamada , Jeroen Hofstee , Valentine Barshak , Simon 
>> Glass , Thierry Reding , Masahiro Yamada , Heiko Schocher , Albert 
>> Aribaud , Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] ARM: cache: add an empty stub function 
>> for invalidate/flush dcache
>>
>> Hi, York
>>
>> On 7/28/2015 12:31 AM, York Sun wrote:
>> >
>> > On 07/26/2015 08:40 PM, Josh Wu wrote:
>> >> Since some driver like ohci, lcd used dcache functions. But some ARM
>> >> cpu don't implement the invalidate_dcache_range()/flush_dcache_range()
>> >> functions.
>> >>
>> >> To avoid compiling errors this patch adds an weak empty stub function
>> >> for all ARM cpu in arch/arm/lib/cache.c.
>> >> And ARM cpu still can implemnt its own cache functions on the cpu 
>> folder.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Josh Wu <josh.wu@atmel.com>
>> >> ---
>> >>
>> >> Changes in v3:
>> >> - remove the same functions in the cpu/ files as they will use the 
>> weak
>> >>    function provided in lib/cache.c
>> >>
>> >> Changes in v2:
>> >> - new added.
>> >>
>> > <snip>
>> >
>> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/cache_v8.c 
>> b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/cache_v8.c
>> >> index c5ec529..f8c17cc 100644
>> >> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/cache_v8.c
>> >> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/cache_v8.c
>> >> @@ -149,14 +149,6 @@ void flush_dcache_all(void)
>> >>   {
>> >>   }
>> >>
>> >> -void invalidate_dcache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop)
>> >> -{
>> >> -}
>> >> -
>> >> -void flush_dcache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop)
>> >> -{
>> >> -}
>> >> -
>> >>   void dcache_enable(void)
>> >>   {
>> >>   }
>> > Are you sure about this change?
>>
>> This patch deletes those above empty functions so that the driver will
>> use the same weak empty functions in arch/arm/lib/cache.c, which is
>> added by this patch as well.
>>
>> > You are probably changing the wrong leg of the
>> > #if conditional code.
>>
>> I don't think so. Could give me more details about this? Thanks.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Josh Wu
>>
>> >
>> > York
>>
>