armv7: omap3: leave outer cache enabled
PATCH 1/1 armv7: omap3: leave outer cache enabled
Mainline kernel for OMAP3 doesn't enable L2 cache It expects L2$ to be enabled by ROM-code/bootloader.
Leaving L2$ enabled can be troublesome in cases where the L2 cache is not under CP15 control, such as in Cortex-A9. This problem is explained in detail in the commit dc7100f4080952798413fb63bb4134b22c57623a
However, this problem doesn't apply to Cortex-A8 because L2$ in Cortex-A8 is under CP15 control and hence the generic armv7 maintenance opertions work for it.
As such we can make an exception for OMAP3 and leave the L2$ enabled when we jump to kernel. This is done by removing the strongly-linked implementation of v7_outer_cache_disable() and allowing it to fall back to the weakly linked implementation that doesn't do anything.
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I haven't tested this patch as I don't have an OMAP3 board with me right now. Appreciate if anybody with a Beagle could try it out.
--- arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c +1 -1
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ void v7_outer_cache_enable(void)omap3_update_aux_cr (0x2 ,0 ); } -void v7_outer_cache_disable (void ) +void omap3_outer_cache_disable (void ) {/* Clear L2EN */ omap3_update_aux_cr_secure (0 ,0x2 );
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