On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:33:25 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 03:43:31PM +0530, srinidhi kasagar wrote:
> > Add 'smc' (Secure Monitor Call) identifier to differentiates
> > the platforms which implements this.
>
> This patch makes no sense.
>
> So, if setting 'smc' in the DT description is supposed to mean that
> the platform has a secure monitor then...
>
> > + is_smc = of_property_read_bool(np, "smc");
> > +
> > + if (is_smc) {
> > + /* set the debug interface */
> > + outer_cache.set_debug = pl310_set_debug;
> > + }
>
> Now, let's look at what pl310_set_debug() does:
>
> static void pl310_set_debug(unsigned long val)
> {
> writel_relaxed(val, l2x0_base + L2X0_DEBUG_CTRL);
You can do this operation (write to DEBUG_CTRL) only if SMC is implemented.
> }
>
> Can you explain where the secure monitor call is there please, because
> I can't see one. In fact, this is the function used when there _isn't_
> a secure monitor. So this patch just seems totally wrong to me.
regards/srinidhi
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