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authorPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2006-09-27 15:00:04 +0900
committerPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2006-09-27 15:00:04 +0900
commitb7e108ee63624176af85b97d4d80bef6fe099395 (patch)
tree747d9a2e760c6aa955dd4f228caaf433228ce5a0 /arch/sh/kernel/head.S
parent298476220d1f793ca0ac6c9e5dc817e1ad3e9851 (diff)
sh: BSS init bugfix and barrier in entry point.
A synco is needed before we jump to start_kernel(). While we're at it, also move the sh_cpu_init() jump until after we've zeroed BSS, as this has caused some undesirable results in sh_cpu_init(). Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/sh/kernel/head.S')
-rw-r--r--arch/sh/kernel/head.S36
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/head.S b/arch/sh/kernel/head.S
index 00cd4708ef4..c5e363872b9 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/head.S
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@
*/
#include <linux/linkage.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SH4A
+#define SYNCO() synco
+
+#define PREFI(label, reg) \
+ mov.l label, reg; \
+ prefi @reg
+#else
+#define SYNCO()
+#define PREFI(label, reg)
+#endif
+
.section .empty_zero_page, "aw"
ENTRY(empty_zero_page)
.long 1 /* MOUNT_ROOT_RDONLY */
@@ -42,6 +53,17 @@ ENTRY(_stext)
! Initialize global interrupt mask
mov #0, r0
ldc r0, r6_bank
+
+ /*
+ * Prefetch if possible to reduce cache miss penalty.
+ *
+ * We do this early on for SH-4A as a micro-optimization,
+ * as later on we will have speculative execution enabled
+ * and this will become less of an issue.
+ */
+ PREFI(5f, r0)
+ PREFI(6f, r0)
+
!
mov.l 2f, r0
mov r0, r15 ! Set initial r15 (stack pointer)
@@ -49,11 +71,7 @@ ENTRY(_stext)
shll8 r1 ! r1 = 8192
sub r1, r0 !
ldc r0, r7_bank ! ... and initial thread_info
- !
- ! Additional CPU initialization
- mov.l 6f, r0
- jsr @r0
- nop
+
! Clear BSS area
mov.l 3f, r1
add #4, r1
@@ -62,6 +80,14 @@ ENTRY(_stext)
9: cmp/hs r2, r1
bf/s 9b ! while (r1 < r2)
mov.l r0,@-r2
+
+ ! Additional CPU initialization
+ mov.l 6f, r0
+ jsr @r0
+ nop
+
+ SYNCO() ! Wait for pending instructions..
+
! Start kernel
mov.l 5f, r0
jmp @r0