Execute Reset via CheckStop approach

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <NEBBINFJMPEFJBMDGBGMAEOGFAAA.govindan at india.tejasnetworks.com> you wrote:
>
> Here is something we found working:
...
>       addr = 0x10000000;  // This should be a non-accessible memory
> location.

The big disadvantage of this approach is that it works on one  board,
and fails on another - or even on the same board after you added some
more RAM, etc.

We solved this problem in our version (see the  CVS)  by  explicitely
invalidating the mapping in the memory controller:

        /* Get base address mapped by BR0/OR0
         */
        bad_addr = ((immap_t *)IMAP_ADDR)->im_memctl.memc_br0 & 0xFFFF8000;
        cli();

        /* Enable CheckStop Reset
         */
        ((immap_t *)IMAP_ADDR)->im_clkrst.car_rmr |= 0x00000001;

        /* Invalidate BR0 mapping
         */
        ((immap_t *)IMAP_ADDR)->im_memctl.memc_br0 = 0;

        /* Set MSR and cause reset
         */
        __asm__("mfmsr %0" : "=r" (msr) );
        msr &= ~0x1000;
        __asm__("mtmsr %0" : "=r" (msr) );
        dummy = * (unsigned char *) bad_addr;
        printk("Restart failed\n");
        while(1);


Wolfgang Denk

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