Linux on Virtex4

[Rick Moleres]

Aiden,

Looked into this and here's what I found out.  Only OPB_DDR supports
16-bit DDR memory right now and there are no concrete plans to add
16-bit support to PLB_DDR (it's been discussed, but nothing planned
yet).  So the only workarounds for this silicon issue are the two you
mentioned - run with caches off or get a fixed version of the chip (I
don't know what Avnet's plans are for your board).

-Rick


-----Original Message-----
From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+moleres=xilinx.com at ozlabs.org
[mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces+moleres=xilinx.com at ozlabs.org] On
Behalf Of Rick Moleres
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 12:10 PM
To: Aidan Williams
Cc: linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org; Martin, Tim
Subject: RE: Linux on Virtex4


Aiden,

The cache issue I was referring to is the errata 213 that you tried.
I'll ask around regarding the silicon issue - I don't know if there is a
workaround for this on that board.

-Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: Aidan Williams [mailto:aidan at nicta.com.au] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 2:47 AM
To: Rick Moleres
Cc: Martin, Tim; linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex4

Rick Moleres wrote:
> There's also a Linux 2.4 patch provided with the ML403 PPC reference
> design on the Xilinx website
> (http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards/ml403/reference_designs.htm)
that
> takes care of a Virtex-4 PPC cache issue (CCR0 register).  Have you
> applied this?
> 

Rick, which cache issue are you referring to?

I tried setting the CCR0 bits in accordance with:

   "Solution 10: CPU_213: Incorrect data might be
    flushed from the data cache"

but that didn't fix things in my case for the Avnet FX12 MiniModule.


I'm pretty sure that the FX12-MM strikes:

   "Solution 13: The return of a cacheline transaction that
    is not target word first (non-target word first) can
    cause data corruption in the PPC405 Core data cache in
    Virtex-4 FX devices."

For which the only solutions mentioned are to run without caches or get 
a fixed chip.


As I understand it, the memory controller for this board must be on the 
OPB because the memory is 16-bit.  Is there any way to move the memory 
controller to the PLB thus avoiding the cache problem (for RAM at
least)?

- aidan


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