linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] MIPS: Honor L2 bypass bit

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Message-Id: <fb6665b75d54bd58b8ac890106831e0f@localhost>
Date:	Mon, 6 Sep 2010 21:03:50 -0700
From:	Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@...il.com>
To:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:	<linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] MIPS: Honor L2 bypass bit

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;
+
 	tmp = (config2 >> 4) & 0x0f;
 	if (0 < tmp && tmp <= 7)
 		c->scache.linesz = 2 << tmp;
-- 
1.7.0.4

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