On 03/03/2018 at 00:25:29 +0000, James Hogan wrote:
> Similarly if the platform is little endian only, you could also add:
> # require CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
>
It supports big endian.
> > +
> > +CONFIG_LEGACY_BOARD_OCELOT=y
> > +
> > +CONFIG_MIPS_CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTLOADER=y
>
> Hmm, can this break any other generic platforms that already make the
> DTB command line override the arcs_cmdline? Paul?
>
> I.e. In arch_mem_init() the condition of copying arcs_cmdline to
> boot_command_line would switch from !boot_command_line[0] to
> arcs_cmdline[0]. I suppose arcs_cmdline[] may not have been written in
> those cases. If its safe then it should probably be a standard thing
> selected by MIPS_GENERIC instead of a board specific thing.
>
Actually, this is not needed so I'm removing it.
> > +CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
>
> Perhaps its worth adding this to the base generic_defconfig if its
> useful to have.
>
Our test automation tool is using it to reboot the platform but I don't
know if this is useful for anybody else.
> > +static __init bool ocelot_detect(void)
> > +{
> > + u32 rev;
> > +
> > + rev = __raw_readl((void *)DEVCPU_GCB_CHIP_REGS_CHIP_ID);
>
> Isn't that an address in the user segment, i.e. TLB mapped virtual
> memory? Does the bootloader set up a wired mapping for it or something?
>
> The address looks similar to UART_UART which is given to ioremap so must
> be a physical address. Perhaps the mapping you're using is 1:1
> virtual:physical address?
>
> If its using a TLB mapping, then:
> 1) That isn't safe this early to run on other platforms, as it'll give a
> TLB refill exception. It should be quite possible to detect such a
> mapping to make it safer though.
> 2) If yamon initialises the TLB to a known state, then that may well be
> a hacky but workable way to distinguish yamon (sead3) from redboot
> (mscc) in future.
>
Yes, this is an identity mapping that is installed by redboot because
all the peripherals are in the user segment.
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