Re: [PATCH] ARM: OMAP5: Switch to THUMB mode if needed on secondary CPU

[Nishanth Menon]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Joel Fernandes <joelf@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On my DRA7 system, when the kernel is built in THUMB mode, the secondary CPU
Did you mean THUMB2? omap2plus_defconfig works today with
CONFIG_ARM_THUMB enabled..

> (Cortex A15) fails to come up causing SMP boot on second CPU to timeout. This
> seems to be because the CPU is in ARM mode once the ROM hands over control to
> the kernel.  Switch to THUMB mode if required once the kernel is control of
> secondary CPU. On OMAP4 on the other hand, it appears to be in THUMB mode on
> entry so this is not required and SMP boot works as is.
>
> Cc: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Nishanth Menon <nm@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelf@xxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-headsmp.S |    8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-headsmp.S b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-headsmp.S
> index 75e9295..1809dce 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-headsmp.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-headsmp.S
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  /*
>   * Secondary CPU startup routine source file.
>   *
> - * Copyright (C) 2009 Texas Instruments, Inc.
> + * Copyright (C) 2014 Texas Instruments, Inc.
2009-2014

>   *
>   * Author:
>   *      Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@xxxxxx>
> @@ -28,9 +28,13 @@
>   * code.  This routine also provides a holding flag into which
>   * secondary core is held until we're ready for it to initialise.
>   * The primary core will update this flag using a hardware
> -+ * register AuxCoreBoot0.
> + * register AuxCoreBoot0.

spurious change?

>   */
>  ENTRY(omap5_secondary_startup)
> +.arm
> +THUMB( adr     r9, BSYM(wait)  )       @ CPU may be entered in ARM mode.
> +THUMB( bx      r9              )       @ If this is a Thumb-2 kernel,
> +THUMB( .thumb                  )       @ switch to Thumb now.
>  wait:  ldr     r2, =AUX_CORE_BOOT0_PA  @ read from AuxCoreBoot0
>         ldr     r0, [r2]
>         mov     r0, r0, lsr #5
> --
> 1.7.9.5
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