Proposal: [PATCH] Workaround for MPC5121 DTLB errata
David Jander
david.jander at protonic.nl
Fri Mar 13 00:30:48 EST 2009
Partial workaround for DTLB errata in MPC5121e processors of die M36P and
older (all currently existing versions).
Due to the bug, the hardware-implemented LRU algorythm always goes to way 1 of
the TLB. This fix forces writes to go to way 0, which would speed up
memory-copy operations where bits 15...19 of source and destination address
are the same.
Signed-off-by: David Jander <david at protonic.nl>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S | 8 ++++++++
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -614,6 +614,14 @@ DataStoreTLBMiss:
*/
mfctr r0
/* Get PTE (linux-style) and check access */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_MPC512x
+/* MPC512x: (partial) workaround for errata in die M36P and earlier:
+ * Force writes to Way 0 (reads are always way 1)
+ */
+ mfspr r3,SPRN_SRR1
+ rlwinm r3,r3,0,15,13 /* Mask out SRR1[WAY] */
+ mtspr SPRN_SRR1,r3
+#endif
mfspr r3,SPRN_DMISS
lis r1,PAGE_OFFSET at h /* check if kernel address */
cmplw 0,r1,r3
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