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authorLinus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>2009-10-01 09:31:22 -0400
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2009-10-01 11:26:16 -0400
commit610ea6c671685a09afff7ba521bdccda21c84c76 (patch)
tree0df60ad1162489a9dad3ba75a93f3dd919f164de /Documentation/arm
parent6176d39471943a2e574782cbf62deded19b96aa0 (diff)
ARM: 5738/1: Correct TCM documentation
It turns out that the TCM memory can be remap:ed by the MMU just like any other memory. Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ TCM location and size. Notice that this is not a MMU table: you
29actually move the physical location of the TCM around. At the 29actually move the physical location of the TCM around. At the
30place you put it, it will mask any underlying RAM from the 30place you put it, it will mask any underlying RAM from the
31CPU so it is usually wise not to overlap any physical RAM with 31CPU so it is usually wise not to overlap any physical RAM with
32the TCM. The TCM memory exists totally outside the MMU and will 32the TCM.
33override any MMU mappings.
34 33
35Code executing inside the ITCM does not "see" any MMU mappings 34The TCM memory can then be remapped to another address again using
36and e.g. register accesses must be made to physical addresses. 35the MMU, but notice that the TCM if often used in situations where
36the MMU is turned off. To avoid confusion the current Linux
37implementation will map the TCM 1 to 1 from physical to virtual
38memory in the location specified by the machine.
37 39
38TCM is used for a few things: 40TCM is used for a few things:
39 41