linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend 8/9] MIPS: Honor L2 bypass bit

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Date:	Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:16:14 +0100
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend 8/9] MIPS: Honor L2 bypass bit

On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 02:22:37PM -0700, Kevin Cernekee wrote:

> If CP0 CONFIG2 bit 12 (L2B) is set, the L2 cache is disabled and
> therefore Linux should not attempt to use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/mips/mm/sc-mips.c |    5 +++++
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/sc-mips.c b/arch/mips/mm/sc-mips.c
> index 5ab5fa8..d072b25 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/mm/sc-mips.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/mm/sc-mips.c
> @@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ static inline int __init mips_sc_probe(void)
>  		return 0;
>  
>  	config2 = read_c0_config2();
> +
> +	/* bypass bit */
> +	if (config2 & (1 << 12))
> +		return 0;

The spec I'm looking at says this bit is implementation defined so a
test for a particular CPU type would need to be added here.

  Ralf
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