[PATCH] ARM: imx: Do L2 errata only if the L2 cache isn't enabled
From: shawnguo@kernel.org (Shawn Guo)
Date: 2016-02-18 14:57:40
On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 09:30:06AM +0100, Dirk Behme wrote:
On 14.02.2016 09:18, Shawn Guo wrote:quoted
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 04:51:00PM +0100, Dirk Behme wrote:quoted
On 12.02.2016 15:16, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:quoted
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 08:11:33AM +0100, Dirk Behme wrote:quoted
All the generic L2 cache handling code is encapsulated by a check if the L2 cache is enabled. If it's enabled already, the code is skipped. For the i.MX6 specific L2 cache handling we missed this check. Add it.What's the reasoning behind this? The prefetch register is writable while the L2 cache is enabled, unlike the auxiliary control register.From an internal log I have the following info: The write to the L2-Cache controller from non-secure world causes an imprecise external abort. If Linux runs from normal world the cache controller is already enabled and thus no configuration is needed by Linux.Dirk, Do you have a real use case of this, i.e. running Linux on i.MX6 in non-secure world?Yes, in a scenario where one of the cores runs a RTOS.
Can you please reword the commit log to have the above non-secure world user story mentioned in there? Shawn