Hiroshi Doyu <hdoyu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote @ Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:15:46 +0200 (EET):
> Rob Herring <robherring2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote @ Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:46:36 +0100:
>
> > On 12/18/2012 03:21 AM, Hiroshi Doyu wrote:
> > > Hi Rob,
> > >
> > > Rob Herring <robherring2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote @ Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:00:46 +0100:
> > >
> > >> On 12/17/2012 12:18 AM, Hiroshi Doyu wrote:
> > >>> Set Snoop Control Unit(SCU) register base address dynamically from DT.
> > >>>
> > >>> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Doyu <hdoyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> ---
> > >>> arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
> > >>> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >>>
> > >>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
> > >>> index 1b926df..45c0b79 100644
> > >>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
> > >>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/platsmp.c
> > >>> @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
> > >>> #include <linux/jiffies.h>
> > >>> #include <linux/smp.h>
> > >>> #include <linux/io.h>
> > >>> +#include <linux/of.h>
> > >>> +#include <linux/of_address.h>
> > >>>
> > >>> #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
> > >>> #include <asm/hardware/gic.h>
> > >>> @@ -36,7 +38,7 @@
> > >>>
> > >>> extern void tegra_secondary_startup(void);
> > >>>
> > >>> -static void __iomem *scu_base = IO_ADDRESS(TEGRA_ARM_PERIF_BASE);
> > >>> +static void __iomem *scu_base;
> > >>>
> > >>> #define EVP_CPU_RESET_VECTOR \
> > >>> (IO_ADDRESS(TEGRA_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_BASE) + 0x100)
> > >>> @@ -143,14 +145,28 @@ done:
> > >>> return status;
> > >>> }
> > >>>
> > >>> +static const struct of_device_id cortex_a9_scu_match[] __initconst = {
> > >>> + { .compatible = "arm,cortex-a9-scu", },
> > >>> + {}
> > >>> +};
> > >>> +
> > >>> /*
> > >>> * Initialise the CPU possible map early - this describes the CPUs
> > >>> * which may be present or become present in the system.
> > >>> */
> > >>> static void __init tegra_smp_init_cpus(void)
> > >>> {
> > >>> - unsigned int i, ncores = scu_get_core_count(scu_base);
> > >>> + struct device_node *np;
> > >>> + unsigned int i, ncores = 1;
> > >>> +
> > >>> + np = of_find_matching_node(NULL, cortex_a9_scu_match);
> > >>> + if (!np)
> > >>> + return;
> > >>> + scu_base = of_iomap(np, 0);
> > >>
> > >> Did you actually test this? Unless something changed, ioremap does not
> > >> work this early. The only reason to have it mapped this early is to get
> > >> the core count, but that doesn't work on A15 or A7. So we really need to
> > >> get core count/mask in a standard way. At least some work to get core
> > >> count from DT went into 3.8.
> > >>
> > >> BTW, you can get the scu address on the A9 by reading cp15 register:
> > >>
> > >> /* Get SCU base */
> > >> asm("mrc p15, 4, %0, c15, c0, 0" : "=r" (base));
> > >>
> > >> It's still probably good to have the DT node, but the reg property can
> > >> be optional in this case.
> > >
> > > I'm simply wondering, if the above cp15 works with Cortex-A9, do we
> > > still need SCU DT node? At least from Cortex-A15 TRM, it seems that
> > > SCU is tighly integrated into CPU core and it doesn't have any user
> > > control. So Cortex-A15 doesn't seem to need to configure SCU. For
> > > Cortex-A7, I haven't yet found S/W configurable register definitions
> > > in TRM. So if neither of A15/A7 need SCU base, would the above cp15
> > > intructions be enough?
> >
> > The A15/A7 still have the register for the other peripherals like the
> > GIC, but there are no SCU registers or other way to get a core count
> > from the h/w.
> >
> > The DT node could be used to determine if you have an SCU or not. I just
> > used the cpu node compatible value to determine that.
>
> Taking a look at A15 TRM again, it seems that A15 can get number of
> processors via(*1):
>
> asm("mrc p15, 1, %0, c9, c0, 2\n" : "=r" (l2ctlr));
>
> At least, A15 is ok without SCU/DT to get the number of processors. I
> haven't found the above instruction in A7, but is there any way to get
> the number of core in A7?
L2CTLR can be used to detect # of cores for A7 as well:
http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.ddi0464e/BABBACEE.html
> If both A15/A7 can get # of CPU cores via coprocessor instruction,
> what others should we take care of with DT node?
>
> *1: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.ddi0438e/BABBACEE.html
>
> > >> We need to move away from having the DT matching code within the
> > >> platforms. This should all be moved to the scu code in a scu_of_init
> > >> function that could be called from common code.
> > >
> > > True if SCU DT node is still necessary.
> >
> > Well, reading the cp15 register and mapping the registers could be
> > common code independent of DT. I'm not sure if there are non-A9
> > implementations of the SCU which don't have the cp15 register.
>
>
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