linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: asm: Configure caches as per the defconfig

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Message-ID: <52972CE5.6060103@st.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 Nov 2013 17:15:41 +0530
From:	Amit Virdi <amit.virdi@...com>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: asm: Configure caches as per the defconfig

On 11/28/2013 3:41 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 11:12:55AM +0530, Amit Virdi wrote:
>> On 11/27/2013 5:44 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 05:24:04PM +0530, Amit Virdi wrote:
>>>> From: Amit VIRDI <Amit.VIRDI@...com>
>>>>
>>>> In the current implementation of the decompression code, the caches are enabled
>>>> irrespective of their configuration in the deconfig. This makes setting the
>>>> ICACHE and DCACHE disable options from the menuconfig irrelevant. Change this
>>>> implementation to enable caches only if specified in the defconfig.
>>>
>>> NAK.  These options are provided more for ARM Ltd's validation of CPUs
>>> rather than for users, and it's not supposed to be used with the
>>> decompressor.
>>>
>>
>> It is perfectly true that these options are used only during CPU
>> validations and not in the end product. Still, it doesn't justify why
>> these options are not to be used with decompressor. Or alternately, why
>> would a user intend to disable a cache when it has been implemented
>> correctly and is stable? Without this change, the effect of disabling
>> cache is not reflected in entirety.
>
> When doing CPU validations, the compressed image isn't used.
>

Well, I have been using compressed images many a times on the FPGA 
platforms during initial hw design phases when the bitstream isn't 
stable with caches. I do not see any harm incorporating this patch. It 
only adds more logic to the existing implementation.

Regards
Amit Virdi
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