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author | Linus Torvalds | 2016-01-12 12:39:07 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds | 2016-01-12 12:39:07 -0800 |
commit | 01e9d22638f387b5413163d1030169b6478c09c5 (patch) | |
tree | f36991611954663429f2ed36ec19145dd0c9ec4f /Documentation | |
parent | 541d284be0fcca3d3990e6dd89b091aec66849c6 (diff) | |
parent | 6660800fb7fd0f66faecb3c550fe59709220ade5 (diff) |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm
Pull ARM updates from Russell King:
- UEFI boot and runtime services support for ARM from Ard Biesheuvel
and Roy Franz.
- DT compatibility with old atags booting protocol for Nokia N900
devices from Ivaylo Dimitrov.
- PSCI firmware interface using new arm-smc calling convention from
Jens Wiklander.
- Runtime patching for udiv/sdiv instructions for ARMv7 CPUs that
support these instructions from Nicolas Pitre.
- L2x0 cache updates from Dirk B and Linus Walleij.
- Randconfig fixes from Arnd Bergmann.
- ARMv7M (nommu) updates from Ezequiel Garcia
* 'for-linus' of git://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm: (34 commits)
ARM: 8481/2: drivers: psci: replace psci firmware calls
ARM: 8480/2: arm64: add implementation for arm-smccc
ARM: 8479/2: add implementation for arm-smccc
ARM: 8478/2: arm/arm64: add arm-smccc
ARM: 8494/1: mm: Enable PXN when running non-LPAE kernel on LPAE processor
ARM: 8496/1: OMAP: RX51: save ATAGS data in the early boot stage
ARM: 8495/1: ATAGS: move save_atags() to arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h
ARM: 8452/3: PJ4: make coprocessor access sequences buildable in Thumb2 mode
ARM: 8482/1: l2x0: make it possible to disable outer sync from DT
ARM: 8488/1: Make IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE a "non-secure" SGI
ARM: 8487/1: Remove IPI_CALL_FUNC_SINGLE
ARM: 8485/1: cpuidle: remove cpu parameter from the cpuidle_ops suspend hook
ARM: 8484/1: Documentation: l2c2x0: Mention separate controllers explicitly
ARM: 8483/1: Documentation: l2c: Rename l2cc to l2c2x0
ARM: 8477/1: runtime patch udiv/sdiv instructions into __aeabi_{u}idiv()
ARM: 8476/1: VDSO: use PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO for vma check
ARM: 8453/2: proc-v7.S: don't locate temporary stack space in .text section
ARM: add UEFI stub support
ARM: wire up UEFI init and runtime support
ARM: only consider memblocks with NOMAP cleared for linear mapping
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2c2x0.txt (renamed from Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt) | 24 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2c2x0.txt index 06c88a4d28ac..fe0398c5c77b 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2c2x0.txt @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ * ARM L2 Cache Controller -ARM cores often have a separate level 2 cache controller. There are various -implementations of the L2 cache controller with compatible programming models. +ARM cores often have a separate L2C210/L2C220/L2C310 (also known as PL210/PL220/ +PL310 and variants) based level 2 cache controller. All these various implementations +of the L2 cache controller have compatible programming models (Note 1). Some of the properties that are just prefixed "cache-*" are taken from section 3.7.3 of the ePAPR v1.1 specification which can be found at: https://www.power.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Power_ePAPR_APPROVED_v1.1.pdf @@ -67,12 +68,17 @@ Optional properties: disable if zero. - arm,prefetch-offset : Override prefetch offset value. Valid values are 0-7, 15, 23, and 31. -- arm,shared-override : The default behavior of the pl310 cache controller with - respect to the shareable attribute is to transform "normal memory - non-cacheable transactions" into "cacheable no allocate" (for reads) or - "write through no write allocate" (for writes). +- arm,shared-override : The default behavior of the L220 or PL310 cache + controllers with respect to the shareable attribute is to transform "normal + memory non-cacheable transactions" into "cacheable no allocate" (for reads) + or "write through no write allocate" (for writes). On systems where this may cause DMA buffer corruption, this property must be specified to indicate that such transforms are precluded. +- arm,parity-enable : enable parity checking on the L2 cache (L220 or PL310). +- arm,parity-disable : disable parity checking on the L2 cache (L220 or PL310). +- arm,outer-sync-disable : disable the outer sync operation on the L2 cache. + Some core tiles, especially ARM PB11MPCore have a faulty L220 cache that + will randomly hang unless outer sync operations are disabled. - prefetch-data : Data prefetch. Value: <0> (forcibly disable), <1> (forcibly enable), property absent (retain settings set by firmware) - prefetch-instr : Instruction prefetch. Value: <0> (forcibly disable), @@ -91,3 +97,9 @@ L2: cache-controller { cache-level = <2>; interrupts = <45>; }; + +Note 1: The description in this document doesn't apply to integrated L2 + cache controllers as found in e.g. Cortex-A15/A7/A57/A53. These + integrated L2 controllers are assumed to be all preconfigured by + early secure boot code. Thus no need to deal with their configuration + in the kernel at all. |