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

7 Sep 2024


      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
Cc: "NXP i.MX U-Boot Team" uboot-imx@nxp.com
Cc: Fabio Estevam festevam@gmail.com
Cc: Peng Fan peng.fan@nxp.com
Cc: Stefano Babic sbabic@denx.de
Cc: Tom Rini trini@konsulko.com
Cc: u-boot@lists.denx.de

V2: Include linux/sizes.h to fix build error due to SZ_64K undefined
Reviewed-by: Fabio Estevam festevam@gmail.com