[U-Boot] [U-boot] regression: bootaux doesn't work with DCACHE enabled

[U-Boot] [U-boot] regression: bootaux doesn't work with DCACHE enabled

[Igor Opaniuk]

Hi all,

U-boot imx-specific bootaux command doesn't work properly
with the old legacy binary format if the DCACHE is enabled (I've
tested only executing from OCRAM) in the mainline U-boot.

Interesting thing is that invocation of `dcache flush` before bootaux
doesn't help, but only full disabling it with `dcache off`.

To reproduce:
> tftpboot ${loadaddr} ${board_name}/hello_world.bin
> cp.b ${loadaddr} 0x7F8000 $filesize
> bootaux 0x7F8000

However this works:
> tftpboot ${loadaddr} ${board_name}/hello_world.bin
> cp.b ${loadaddr} 0x7F8000 $filesize
> dcache off
> bootaux 0x7F8000

Any ideas and suggestions?
Thanks

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[U-Boot] [U-boot] regression: bootaux doesn't work with DCACHE enabled

[Igor Opaniuk]

On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 12:52 PM Igor Opaniuk <igor.opaniuk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> U-boot imx-specific bootaux command doesn't work properly
> with the old legacy binary format if the DCACHE is enabled (I've
> tested only executing from OCRAM) in the mainline U-boot.
>
> Interesting thing is that invocation of `dcache flush` before bootaux
> doesn't help, but only full disabling it with `dcache off`.
>
> To reproduce:
> > tftpboot ${loadaddr} ${board_name}/hello_world.bin
> > cp.b ${loadaddr} 0x7F8000 $filesize
> > bootaux 0x7F8000
>
> However this works:
> > tftpboot ${loadaddr} ${board_name}/hello_world.bin
> > cp.b ${loadaddr} 0x7F8000 $filesize
> > dcache off
> > bootaux 0x7F8000
>
> Any ideas and suggestions?
> Thanks
>
> --
> Best regards - Freundliche Grüsse - Meilleures salutations
>
> Igor Opaniuk
>
> mailto: igor.opaniuk at gmail.com
> skype: igor.opanyuk
> +380 (93) 836 40 67
> http://ua.linkedin.com/in/iopaniuk

Flushing dcache just after enabling M4 core
helps:

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx_bootaux.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx_bootaux.c
index 7f4bbfe885..86eb0c7902 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx_bootaux.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx_bootaux.c
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ int arch_auxiliary_core_up(u32 core_id, ulong addr)
        writel(stack, M4_BOOTROM_BASE_ADDR);
        writel(pc, M4_BOOTROM_BASE_ADDR + 4);

+       flush_dcache_all();
+
        /* Enable M4 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_IMX8M
        call_imx_sip(IMX_SIP_SRC, IMX_SIP_SRC_M4_START, 0, 0, 0);

Will send a patch soon.

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