[U-Boot] [PATCH] ARMv7: start.S: stay in HYP mode if u-boot is entered in it

The KVM and Xen hypervisors for the Cortex-A15 virtualization implementation need to be entered in HYP mode. Should the primary board firmware already enter HYP mode (Calxeda firmware does that), we should not deliberately drop back to SVC mode. Since U-boot does not use the MMU, running in HYP mode is just fine.
Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara andre.przywara@linaro.org --- arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S index 36a4c3c..95c8a95 100644 --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S @@ -126,11 +126,15 @@ IRQ_STACK_START_IN: reset: bl save_boot_params /* - * set the cpu to SVC32 mode + * disable interrupts (FIQ and IRQ), also set the cpu to SVC32 mode, + * except if in HYP mode already */ mrs r0, cpsr - bic r0, r0, #0x1f - orr r0, r0, #0xd3 + and r1, r0, #0x1f @ mask mode bits + teq r1, #0x1a @ test for HYP mode + bicne r0, r0, #0x1f @ clear all mode bits + orrne r0, r0, #0x13 @ set SVC mode + orr r0, r0, #0xc0 @ disable FIQ and IRQ msr cpsr,r0
/*

Hi Andre,
On Tue, 2 Apr 2013 17:43:36 +0200, Andre Przywara andre.przywara@linaro.org wrote:
The KVM and Xen hypervisors for the Cortex-A15 virtualization implementation need to be entered in HYP mode. Should the primary board firmware already enter HYP mode (Calxeda firmware does that), we should not deliberately drop back to SVC mode. Since U-boot does not use the MMU, running in HYP mode is just fine.
Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara andre.przywara@linaro.org
arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S index 36a4c3c..95c8a95 100644 --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S @@ -126,11 +126,15 @@ IRQ_STACK_START_IN: reset: bl save_boot_params /*
* set the cpu to SVC32 mode
* disable interrupts (FIQ and IRQ), also set the cpu to SVC32 mode,
*/ mrs r0, cpsr* except if in HYP mode already
- bic r0, r0, #0x1f
- orr r0, r0, #0xd3
- and r1, r0, #0x1f @ mask mode bits
- teq r1, #0x1a @ test for HYP mode
- bicne r0, r0, #0x1f @ clear all mode bits
- orrne r0, r0, #0x13 @ set SVC mode
- orr r0, r0, #0xc0 @ disable FIQ and IRQ msr cpsr,r0
/*
Applied to u-boot-arm/master, thanks!
Amicalement,
participants (2)
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Albert ARIBAUD
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Andre Przywara