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authorLinus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>2010-07-12 16:53:28 -0400
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2010-07-27 05:42:38 -0400
commit1dbd30e9890fd69e50b17edd70ca583546b0fe4e (patch)
tree5b5ab74c1792a81340478f7bbccd053e60a23a5e /Documentation/arm/tcm.txt
parent07d2a5c721c6aa2bd69812a74c8b3b116abf3e56 (diff)
ARM: 6225/1: make TCM allocation static and common for all archs
This changes the TCM handling so that a fixed area is reserved at 0xfffe0000-0xfffeffff for TCM. This areas is used by XScale but XScale does not have TCM so the mechanisms are mutually exclusive. This change is needed to make TCM detection more dynamic while still being able to compile code into it, and is a must for the unified ARM goals: the current TCM allocation at different places in memory for each machine would be a nightmare if you want to compile a single image for more than one machine with TCM so it has to be nailed down in one place. Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ defines a CPUID_TCM register that you can read out from the
19system control coprocessor. Documentation from ARM can be found 19system control coprocessor. Documentation from ARM can be found
20at http://infocenter.arm.com, search for "TCM Status Register" 20at http://infocenter.arm.com, search for "TCM Status Register"
21to see documents for all CPUs. Reading this register you can 21to see documents for all CPUs. Reading this register you can
22determine if ITCM (bit 0) and/or DTCM (bit 16) is present in the 22determine if ITCM (bits 1-0) and/or DTCM (bit 17-16) is present
23machine. 23in the machine.
24 24
25There is further a TCM region register (search for "TCM Region 25There is further a TCM region register (search for "TCM Region
26Registers" at the ARM site) that can report and modify the location 26Registers" at the ARM site) that can report and modify the location
@@ -35,7 +35,15 @@ The TCM memory can then be remapped to another address again using
35the MMU, but notice that the TCM if often used in situations where 35the MMU, but notice that the TCM if often used in situations where
36the MMU is turned off. To avoid confusion the current Linux 36the MMU is turned off. To avoid confusion the current Linux
37implementation will map the TCM 1 to 1 from physical to virtual 37implementation will map the TCM 1 to 1 from physical to virtual
38memory in the location specified by the machine. 38memory in the location specified by the kernel. Currently Linux
39will map ITCM to 0xfffe0000 and on, and DTCM to 0xfffe8000 and
40on, supporting a maximum of 32KiB of ITCM and 32KiB of DTCM.
41
42Newer versions of the region registers also support dividing these
43TCMs in two separate banks, so for example an 8KiB ITCM is divided
44into two 4KiB banks with its own control registers. The idea is to
45be able to lock and hide one of the banks for use by the secure
46world (TrustZone).
39 47
40TCM is used for a few things: 48TCM is used for a few things:
41 49
@@ -65,18 +73,18 @@ in <asm/tcm.h>. Using this interface it is possible to:
65 memory. Such a heap is great for things like saving 73 memory. Such a heap is great for things like saving
66 device state when shutting off device power domains. 74 device state when shutting off device power domains.
67 75
68A machine that has TCM memory shall select HAVE_TCM in 76A machine that has TCM memory shall select HAVE_TCM from
69arch/arm/Kconfig for itself, and then the 77arch/arm/Kconfig for itself. Code that needs to use TCM shall
70rest of the functionality will depend on the physical 78#include <asm/tcm.h>
71location and size of ITCM and DTCM to be defined in
72mach/memory.h for the machine. Code that needs to use
73TCM shall #include <asm/tcm.h> If the TCM is not located
74at the place given in memory.h it will be moved using
75the TCM Region registers.
76 79
77Functions to go into itcm can be tagged like this: 80Functions to go into itcm can be tagged like this:
78int __tcmfunc foo(int bar); 81int __tcmfunc foo(int bar);
79 82
83Since these are marked to become long_calls and you may want
84to have functions called locally inside the TCM without
85wasting space, there is also the __tcmlocalfunc prefix that
86will make the call relative.
87
80Variables to go into dtcm can be tagged like this: 88Variables to go into dtcm can be tagged like this:
81int __tcmdata foo; 89int __tcmdata foo;
82 90