Meta has instructions for accessing:
- bytes - GETB (1 byte)
- words - GETW (2 bytes)
- doublewords - GETD (4 bytes)
- longwords - GETL (8 bytes)
All accesses must be aligned. Unaligned accesses can be detected and
made to fault on Meta2, however it isn't possible to fix up unaligned
writes so we don't bother fixing up reads either.
This patch adds metag memory handling code including:
- I/O memory (io.h, ioremap.c): Actually any virtual memory can be
accessed with these helpers. A part of the non-MMUable address space
is used for memory mapped I/O. The ioremap() function is implemented
one to one for non-MMUable addresses.
- User memory (uaccess.h, usercopy.c): User memory is directly
accessible from privileged code.
- Kernel memory (maccess.c): probe_kernel_write() needs to be
overwridden to use the I/O functions when doing a simple aligned
write to non-writecombined memory, otherwise the write may be split
by the generic version.
Note that due to the fact that a portion of the virtual address space is
non-MMUable, and therefore always maps directly to the physical address
space, metag specific I/O functions are made available (metag_in32,
metag_out32 etc). These cast the address argument to a pointer so that
they can be used with raw physical addresses. These accessors are only
to be used for accessing fixed core Meta architecture registers in the
non-MMU region, and not for any SoC/peripheral registers.
Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Add memory management files for metag.
Meta's 32bit virtual address space is split into two halves:
- local (0x08000000-0x7fffffff): traditionally local to a hardware
thread and incoherent between hardware threads. Each hardware thread
has it's own local MMU table. On Meta2 the local space can be
globally coherent (GCOn) if the cache partitions coincide.
- global (0x88000000-0xffff0000): coherent and traditionally global
between hardware threads. On Meta2, each hardware thread has it's own
global MMU table.
The low 128MiB of each half is non-MMUable and maps directly to the
physical address space:
- 0x00010000-0x07ffffff: contains Meta core registers and maps SoC bus
- 0x80000000-0x87ffffff: contains low latency global core memories
Linux usually further splits the local virtual address space like this:
- 0x08000000-0x3fffffff: user mappings
- 0x40000000-0x7fffffff: kernel mappings
Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Add cache and TLB handling code for metag, including the required
callbacks used by MM switches and DMA operations. Caches can be
partitioned between the hardware threads and the global space, however
this is usually configured by the bootloader so Linux doesn't make any
changes to this configuration. TLBs aren't configurable, so only need
consideration to flush them.
On Meta1 the L1 cache was VIVT which required a full flush on MM switch.
Meta2 has a VIPT L1 cache so it doesn't require the full flush on MM
switch. Meta2 can also have a writeback L2 with hardware prefetch which
requires some special handling. Support is optional, and the L2 can be
detected and initialised by Linux.
Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Add source files from the Thread Binary Interface (TBI) library which
provides useful low level operations and traps/context management.
Among other things it handles interrupt/exception/syscall entry (in
tbipcx.S).
Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Add the main header for the Thread Binary Interface (TBI) library which
provides useful low level operations and trap/context management.
Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Add boot code for metag. Due to the multi-threaded nature of Meta it is
not uncommon for an RTOS or bare metal application to be started on
other hardware threads by the bootloader. Since there is a single MMU
switch which affects all threads, the MMU is traditionally configured by
the bootloader prior to starting Linux. The bootloader passes a
structure to Linux which among other things contains information about
memory regions which have been mapped. Linux then assumes control of the
local heap memory region.
A kernel arguments string pointer or a flattened device tree pointer can
be provided in the third argument.
Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Add the header <asm/metag_mem.h> describing addresses, fields, and bits
of various core memory mapped registers in the low non-MMU region.
Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Add a couple of header files containing core architecture constants.
The first (<asm/metag_isa.h>) contains some constants relating to the
instruction set, such as values to give to the CACHEW and CACHER
instructions.
The second (<asm/metag_regs.h>) contains constants for the core register
units directly accessible to various instructions, and for the
registers, fields, and bits in those units. The main units described are
the control unit (CT.*), the trigger unit (TR.*), and the run-time trace
unit (TT.*).
Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
James Hogan