Hi,
You could try to cc whoever wrote the code. You can use git blame to find out.
But it sounds like you are on the right track. I may be able to help, will email tomorrow if so.
Regards, Simon On Sep 16, 2013 8:26 PM, "MJ embd" mj.embd@gmail.com wrote:
Reminder, Please can anyone respond
On 9/16/13, MJ embd mj.embd@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I was trying to understand the booting (till linux) on samsung exynos 5250. As this is my first on ARM Cortex. I have a few questions, so following is a step by step understanding and [Q] mentions the question I am asking
[1] At POR (Power on Reset) the Internal Boot rom code executes, and checks the boot location and if it finds sd card, it copies 14k from the sd card (which is u-boot-spl.bin) into iRAM. [2] the internal boot rom branches pc to the entry point of spl at __start (0x2023400) [3] First instruction at __start is b reset. [4] this takes the route reset | cpu_init_crit | low_level_init |
first_cpu
[Q 1] At this point what is the state of secondary core, is it held in
reset
? As per document, "" "the secondary CPUs (CPU1, CPU2, and CPU3) execute a WFI instruction, which is actually a loop that checks the value of SYS_FLAGS register."
I couldnt find the SYS_FLAGS register in Cortex A15 manual, can some one point.
[Q 2] The secondary core until the point the boot core calls smp_kick_secondary is just waiting in WFI. [5] the smp_kick_secondary does the following (a) at the address SYSFLAGS_ADDR (0x2020000) which is not in spl but above it, it write the b reset instruction and (b) Issues a SGI to the secondary core
[Q 3] Does this mean that secondary core is listening at address 0x2020000, I couldnt find that in any document?
[6] Supposedly it does and it starts executing the reset function, secondary core would end up in enter_smp_pen. [Q 4] I dont understand what is trying to achieve here, Can some one explain.
I am planning to pen down the complete boot sequence, all help
appreciated.
Thanks in advance. mj
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