- 14 6月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Thomas Petazzoni 提交于
The ->smp_init_cpus() function is called very early during boot, at a point where dynamic I/O mappings are not yet possible. However, in the Armada 370/XP implementation of this function, we have to get the number of CPUs. We used to do that by accessing a hardware register, which requires relying on a static I/O mapping set up by ->map_io(). Not only this requires hardcoding a virtual address, but it also prevents us from removing the static I/O mapping. So this commit changes the way used to get the number of CPUs: we now use the Device Tree, which is a representation of the hardware, and provides us the number of available CPUs. This is also more accurate, because it potentially allows to boot the Linux kernel on only a number of CPUs given by the Device Tree, instead of unconditionally on all CPUs. As a consequence, the coherency_get_cpu_count() function becomes no longer used, so we remove it. Signed-off-by: NThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> Acked-by: NArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: NJason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>
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- 22 11月, 2012 1 次提交
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由 Gregory CLEMENT 提交于
Armada 370 and XP come with an unit called coherency fabric. This unit allows to use the Armada 370/XP as a nearly coherent architecture. The coherency mechanism uses snoop filters to ensure the coherency between caches, DRAM and devices. This mechanism needs a synchronization barrier which guarantees that all the memory writes initiated by the devices have reached their target and do not reside in intermediate write buffers. That's why the architecture is not totally coherent and we need to provide our own functions for some DMA operations. Beside the use of the coherency fabric, the device units will have to set the attribute flag of the decoding address window to select the accurate coherency process for the memory transaction. This is done each device driver programs the DRAM address windows. The value of the attribute set by the driver is retrieved through the orion_addr_map_cfg struct filled during the early initialization of the platform. Signed-off-by: NGregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com> Reviewed-by: NYehuda Yitschak <yehuday@marvell.com> Acked-by: NMarek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
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- 21 11月, 2012 1 次提交
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由 Gregory CLEMENT 提交于
The Armada 370 and Armada XP SOCs have a coherency fabric unit which is responsible for ensuring hardware coherency between all CPUs and between CPUs and I/O masters. This patch provides the basic support needed for SMP. Signed-off-by: NYehuda Yitschak <yehuday@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: NGregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com> Reviewed-by: NWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
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