[PATCH] PowerPC: add setup_cpu for 44x for processor-specific init

Valentine Barshak vbarshak at ru.mvista.com
Fri Sep 21 04:15:51 EST 2007


Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:55:58 +0400
> Valentine Barshak <vbarshak at ru.mvista.com> wrote:
> 
>> This adds cpu_setup functionality to PowerPC 44x platform.
>> The cpu_setup callback is invoked by head_32 code and 
>> the identify_cpu() function at early init and is used to 
>> initialize FPU on 440EP(x) processors. The FPU initialization 
>> was previously done in head_44x.S. Also a workaround for 
>> the incorrect write to DDR SDRAM 440EPx/440GRx errata added.
>> Data can be written to wrong address in SDRAM when write 
>> pipelining is enabled on plb0. The setup_cpu function
>> for these processors disables write pipelining.
> 
> Wow, you're fast ;)
> 
> I'd like to see this split up a bit so there's not so much in one
> patch.  Essentially, introduce cpu_setup_44x.S, move the FPU init to
> use it, and then add the PLB workaround.

OK

> 
> I still need to look at the code too :)

sure :)

> 
> josh

Thanks,
Valentine.



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