Re: [PATCH 1/1] ARM: pxa168: fix corrected reset vector

From: Eric Miao
Date: Tue Aug 31 2010 - 02:54:58 EST


On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Mark F. Brown <mark.brown314@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Haojian Zhuang
> <haojian.zhuang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Mark F. Brown <mark.brown314@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:48 AM, Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Mark F. Brown <mark.brown314@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Mark F. Brown <mark.brown314@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> Âarch/arm/mach-mmp/include/mach/system.h | Â Â2 +-
>>>>>>> Â1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mmp/include/mach/system.h b/arch/arm/mach-mmp/include/mach/system.h
>>>>>>> index 4f5b0e0..926e9c0 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-mmp/include/mach/system.h
>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mmp/include/mach/system.h
>>>>>>> @@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ static inline void arch_idle(void)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Âstatic inline void arch_reset(char mode, const char *cmd)
>>>>>>> Â{
>>>>>>> - Â Â Â cpu_reset(0);
>>>>>>> + Â Â Â cpu_reset(0xffff0000);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not sure if this correct. But normally reset jump happens after we turn
>>>>>> off the MMU and so on. Ain't the BootROM starts from 0 ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Â}
>>>>>>> Â#endif /* __ASM_MACH_SYSTEM_H */
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> 1.7.0.4
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Eric, the boot-rom for pxa168 starts at 0xffff_0000. I am pretty sure
>>>>> about that! If you set the reset vector to 0x0 it will crash during
>>>>> reboot. I will send you xdb snapshots if you need me to.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OK, you are expert on this :-)
>>>>
>>>> Applied to 'fix'.
>>>>
>>>
>>> One moment. Since this is really global to pxa910 and mmp2, so I
>>> suggest this being fixed for pxa168 only first. How about this:
>>>
>>> Â ÂARM: pxa168: fix corrected reset vector
>>>
>>> Â ÂReset vector for pxa168 is 0xffff_0000 not 0x0. This fix allows
>>> Â Âreboot to work
>>>
>>> Â ÂSigned-off-by: Mark F. Brown <mark.brown314@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mmp/include/mach/system.h
>>> b/arch/arm/mach-mmp/include/mach/system.h
>>> index 4f5b0e0..1a8a25e 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-mmp/include/mach/system.h
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mmp/include/mach/system.h
>>> @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
>>> Â#ifndef __ASM_MACH_SYSTEM_H
>>> Â#define __ASM_MACH_SYSTEM_H
>>>
>>> +#include <mach/cputype.h>
>>> +
>>> Âstatic inline void arch_idle(void)
>>> Â{
>>> Â Â Â Âcpu_do_idle();
>>> @@ -16,6 +18,9 @@ static inline void arch_idle(void)
>>>
>>> Âstatic inline void arch_reset(char mode, const char *cmd)
>>> Â{
>>> - Â Â Â cpu_reset(0);
>>> + Â Â Â if (cpu_is_pxa168())
>>> + Â Â Â Â Â Â Â cpu_reset(0xffff0000);
>>> + Â Â Â else
>>> + Â Â Â Â Â Â Â cpu_reset(0);
>>> Â}
>>> Â#endif /* __ASM_MACH_SYSTEM_H */
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>> The reset code is in below.
>>
>> Â Â Â Â.align Â5
>> ENTRY(cpu_mohawk_reset)
>>    Âmov   ip, #0
>>    Âmcr   p15, 0, ip, c7, c7, 0      @ invalidate I,D caches
>>    Âmcr   p15, 0, ip, c7, c10, 4     Â@ drain WB
>>    Âmcr   p15, 0, ip, c8, c7, 0      @ invalidate I & D TLBs
>>    Âmrc   p15, 0, ip, c1, c0, 0      @ ctrl register
>>    Âbic   ip, ip, #0x0007         @ .............cam
>>    Âbic   ip, ip, #0x1100         @ ...i...s........
>>    Âmcr   p15, 0, ip, c1, c0, 0      @ ctrl register
>>    Âmov   pc, r0
>>
>> MMU is disabled at here and replace PC with r0 value. I doubt code
>> executed correctly at here. While MMU is disabled, the PC should be
>> continue in the range of 0xCxxx_xxxx (kernel space). "mov pc, r0"
>> shouldn't be executed. Instruction fetch failure should occurs since
>> there's no physical address in 0xCxxx_xxxx.
>>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Haojian
>>
>
> Haojian,
>
> I think there is a pipeline execution of the mov pc, r0 instruction.

It does depend on the prefetch unit for that. So the branch instruction
should follow right after the mcr one.

> If I remember correctly you need to do a similar jump when you turn
> the MMU on in early boot code. If it makes any difference I did test
> this code on pxa168 before submitting it. I will double check the mmp2
> and the pxa910 reset vectors with the Boot ROM developers.
>
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