Hello, On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 01:18:37PM +0530, Vimal Singh wrote: > CC'ing correct ARM mailing list. > > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Ashok Babu <ashok3d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I am no success in booting up the ARM1176 processor with the > > linux-2.6.32 kernel. > > While googling about the ARM Harvard architecture, I came to know that > > we have to flush/invalidate the D-Cache and I-Cache > > when using the self modifying codes. > > > > So here my questions/doubts : > > 1) Is'nt it the kernel itself is self modifying code with lots of > > function pointers ? Code that uses function pointer isn't usually called self-modifying. > > If yes, how is synchronization b/w d-cache and i-cache handled in > > the kernel ? > > 2) Can this be the reason for the kernel not booting for me ? > > Because If i disable the I-Cache in the config, then the kernel > > boots up without any issues. > > Any pointers on this will be of great help. Does your bootloader correctly disables the I-Cache before giving control to Linux? Best regards Uwe -- Pengutronix e.K. | Uwe Kleine-König | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
