Dear All,

My U-Boot dev. Env: eldk-arm-linux-x86 v3.1.1, ARCH=arm, CPU=AT91RM9200, BOARD="custom"

I would like to know if D-Cache has to be set OFF or ON in order to boot Linux?

Because at first I enable the D-Cache into start.S, but the Linux kernel source codes (arch/arm/kernel/head-armv.S) require that D-Cache must be OFF by the boot loader.

What do U-Boot developers while booting Linux-arm from U-Boot?

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Here is my cp15 initialization, coded into start.S

CacheInit: /* * Read/modify/write CP15 control register * disable MMU, enable I-Cache, select Asychronous Clocking Mode */

/* read cp15 control register (cp15 r1) in r0 */ mrc p15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 0 /* clear bits 13, 9:8 (--V- --RS) */ bic r0, r0, #0x00002300 /* clear bits 7, 2:0 (B--- -CAM) */ bic r0, r0, #0x00000087 /* set bit 1 (A) Alignment Fault Enable */ orr r0, r0, #0x00000002

#if 0 /*----------------------------------------------------*/ /*-- BEWARE: Linux Kernel requires D-Cache OFF --*/ /*----------------------------------------------------*/

/* set bit 2 (C) D-Cache ON */ orr r0, r0, #0x00000004 #endif

/* set bit 12 (I) I-Cache ON */ orr r0, r0, #0x00001000 /* set bits 31:30 (iA, nF) Asynchronous Clocking mode */ orr r0, r0, #0xC0000000 /* write r0 in cp15 control register (cp15 r1) */ mcr p15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 0

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Many thanks for your collaboration.

Regards - Luc