Re: [PATCH] bootwrapper: Turn on CCI snoops when CCI exists

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On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 11:50 +0800, Guodong Xu wrote:

> <guodong> I think there are two ways to access CCI from non-secure mode:
> 1. In Hyp mode, issue an SMC instruction to enter Secure Monitor mode and 
> 	do the job. 
> 2. In secure mode (early stage in boot.S, or in monitor.S), change 'Secure Access Register' of CCI-400
> to enable non-secure access. But this compromises system's security. I tested this and it can work:

I notice that the Linux cpu_idle code we have for TC2 contains functions
which manipulates the CCI, so I think it would be good if we enabled
non-secure access to it, otherwise I think we will have problems
somewhere down the line.

-- 
Tixy

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