[PATCH 3/13] powerpc: Add bootwrapper support for Marvell/mv64x60 hostbridge

Mark A. Greer mgreer at mvista.com
Fri May 4 05:00:27 EST 2007


On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 11:44:02AM -0700, Mark A. Greer wrote:
> On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 03:25:06PM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > Mark A. Greer writes:
> > Another question - is this setup something that will need to be done
> > differently for different boards using the mv64x60, or is the same
> > setup needed for all applications of the mv64x60?
> 
> I expect that the setup will be done the same for all of the boards
> that need it.  Not all of the boards will need it, though.  It depends
> on their firmware.  The config code is filling the gap between what the
> firmware should have done and what the kernel drivers require (i.e.,

> allowing the ctlrs to access system memory and pci mem/io space).

I'll clarify the last line: "allowing ctlrs on the bridge to access
system memory, allowing the cpu to access pci mem/io space, and allowing
pci devices to access system memory via pci mem reference."

Mark



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