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ARM: Implement non-cached memory support
authorThierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
Wed, 10 Dec 2014 05:25:22 +0000 (22:25 -0700)
committerTom Warren <twarren@nvidia.com>
Thu, 18 Dec 2014 20:19:21 +0000 (13:19 -0700)
commit1dfdd9ba4e699562a3b282f4fb5efe4c80e6e8c7
tree515aa28f47556e989774e9f4caa6d2a2ccdb61f6
parent6e2fca94ff4f754024e46e7d986221a75be611f3
ARM: Implement non-cached memory support

Implement an API that can be used by drivers to allocate memory from a
pool that is mapped uncached. This is useful if drivers would otherwise
need to do extensive cache maintenance (or explicitly maintaining the
cache isn't safe).

The API is protected using the new CONFIG_SYS_NONCACHED_MEMORY setting.
Boards can set this to the size to be used for the non-cached area. The
area will typically be right below the malloc() area, but architectures
should take care of aligning the beginning and end of the area to honor
any mapping restrictions. Architectures must also ensure that mappings
established for this area do not overlap with the malloc() area (which
should remain cached for improved performance).

While the API is currently only implemented for ARM v7, it should be
generic enough to allow other architectures to implement it as well.

Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Tom Warren <twarren@nvidia.com>
README
arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
arch/arm/lib/cache.c
common/board_r.c