[PATCH 1/5] ARM: vexpress: Get rid of MMIO_P2V

[Dave Martin]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 04:16:45PM +0000, Pawel Moll wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 15:35 +0000, Dave Martin wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 06:27:02PM +0000, Pawel Moll wrote:
> > > This patch gets rid of the MMIO_P2V and __MMPIO_P2V macros,
> > > defining constant virtual base for motherboard and tile
> > > peripherals instead.
> > > 
> > > Additionally, in preparation for the new motherboard memory
> > > map, the motherboard peripherals are using base pointers
> > > calculated in runtime, instead of compile-time calculated
> > > values.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Pawel Moll <pawel.moll at arm.com>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/arm_timer.h         |    5 ++
> > >  arch/arm/mach-vexpress/core.h                     |   12 +++-
> > >  arch/arm/mach-vexpress/ct-ca9x4.c                 |   52 ++++-------------
> > >  arch/arm/mach-vexpress/include/mach/ct-ca9x4.h    |   13 ++---
> > >  arch/arm/mach-vexpress/include/mach/motherboard.h |   53 ++++++++---------
> > >  arch/arm/mach-vexpress/platsmp.c                  |    4 +-
> > >  arch/arm/mach-vexpress/v2m.c                      |   64 ++++++++++++++-------
> > >  7 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 103 deletions(-)
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/ct-ca9x4.c b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/ct-ca9x4.c
> > > index 2b1e836..47c0733 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/ct-ca9x4.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/ct-ca9x4.c
> > > @@ -30,57 +30,26 @@
> > >  
> > >  #include <plat/clcd.h>
> > >  
> > > -#define V2M_PA_CS7	0x10000000
> > > -
> > >  static struct map_desc ct_ca9x4_io_desc[] __initdata = {
> > >  	{
> > > -		.virtual	= __MMIO_P2V(CT_CA9X4_MPIC),
> > > -		.pfn		= __phys_to_pfn(CT_CA9X4_MPIC),
> > > -		.length		= SZ_16K,
> > > -		.type		= MT_DEVICE,
> > > +		.virtual        = V2T_PERIPH,
> > > +		.pfn            = __phys_to_pfn(CT_CA9X4_MPIC),
> > > +		.length         = SZ_8K,
> >
> > Can you explain the size change?
> 
> The SCU's "Private memory region" is 8K big, not 16:
> 
> http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ddi0407g/CACCJFCJ.html
> http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.dui0448e/CHDCBJCB.html

OK, so that's just tidyup of an oversized mapping.  Fair enough.

> 
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/v2m.c b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/v2m.c
> > > index 1fafc32..b84fa45 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/v2m.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/v2m.c
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > @@ -413,6 +431,10 @@ static void __init v2m_populate_ct_desc(void)
> > >  static void __init v2m_map_io(void)
> > >  {
> > >  	iotable_init(v2m_io_desc, ARRAY_SIZE(v2m_io_desc));
> > > +
> > > +	/* Will become an ioremap() when possible */
> > > +	v2m_sysreg_base = V2M_PERIPH_P2V(V2M_SYSREGS);
> > 
> > linux/of_fdt.h has functions for manipulating the flattened device tree
> > blob.
> > 
> > Could that solve our problem?  We just need to get the root node compatible
> > property out.
> 
> What do you exaclty mean? This function is non-DT related. It's not used
> by DT platform at all...

I failed to notice that-- if this function isn't used at all for the DT case,
then I guess this isn't important.

> > Is there anything else blocking the building of legacy and RS1 memory
> > maps into a single kernel?
> > (I'm still hazy on how all the remapping stuff works, myself.)
> 
> This works now - I have a single binary kernel that works on both A9 and
> A5 coretiles. Of course the ATAG-based support works with A9 only.

Cool -- we should get Ryan and Tixy to try it out, if they haven't already.
I don't have an A5 handy...

Cheers
---Dave