Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: imx: Enable MMU and dcache very early on i.MX8M

On Thu, Sep 5, 2024 at 12:35 PM Marek Vasut marex@denx.de wrote:

Enable MMU and caches very early on in the boot process on i.MX8M in U-Boot proper. This allows board_init_f to run with icache and dcache enabled, which saves some 700 milliseconds of boot time on i.MX8M Plus based device.

The 'bootstage report' output is below:

Before:

Timer summary in microseconds (8 records):
       Mark    Elapsed  Stage
          0          0  reset
    961,363    961,363  board_init_f
  1,818,874    857,511  board_init_r
  1,921,474    102,600  eth_common_init
  2,013,702     92,228  eth_initialize
  2,015,238      1,536  main_loop

Accumulated time:
                32,775  dm_r
               289,165  dm_f

After:

Timer summary in microseconds (8 records):
       Mark    Elapsed  Stage
          0          0  reset
    989,466    989,466  board_init_f
  1,179,100    189,634  board_init_r
  1,281,456    102,356  eth_common_init
  1,373,857     92,401  eth_initialize
  1,375,396      1,539  main_loop

Accumulated time:
                12,630  dm_f
                32,635  dm_r

Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut marex@denx.de

Applied to u-boot-imx/next, thanks.