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authorRobin Getz <robin.getz@analog.com>2008-01-27 15:38:44 +0800
committerBryan Wu <bryan.wu@analog.com>2008-01-27 15:38:44 +0800
commitf53e86760e10abbe7ee98a5b3cb270fa6426fcdb (patch)
tree739f681a136f7a6955328851db40e6a179a24865 /arch/blackfin/mach-common
parent326e96b92306b7af24a3608ec01156cba17a3fc1 (diff)
[Blackfin] arch: Add a note describing what is going on - no functional changes
Signed-off-by: Robin Getz <robin.getz@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@analog.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/blackfin/mach-common')
-rw-r--r--arch/blackfin/mach-common/cplbmgr.S15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/cplbmgr.S b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/cplbmgr.S
index 6f909cbfac7..faca1ab344d 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/cplbmgr.S
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/cplbmgr.S
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ ENTRY(_cplb_mgr)
* from the configuration table.
*/
+ /* A multi-word instruction can cross a page boundary. This means the
+ * first part of the instruction can be in a valid page, but the
+ * second part is not, and hence generates the instruction miss.
+ * However, the fault address is for the start of the instruction,
+ * not the part that's in the bad page. Therefore, we have to check
+ * whether the fault address applies to a page that is already present
+ * in the table.
+ */
+
P4.L = LO(ICPLB_FAULT_ADDR);
P4.H = HI(ICPLB_FAULT_ADDR);
@@ -87,7 +96,7 @@ ENTRY(_cplb_mgr)
R4 = [P4]; /* Get faulting address*/
R6 = 64; /* Advance past the fault address, which*/
R6 = R6 + R4; /* we'll use if we find a match*/
- R3 = ((16 << 8) | 2); /* Extract mask, bits 16 and 17.*/
+ R3 = ((16 << 8) | 2); /* Extract mask, two bits at posn 16 */
R5 = 0;
.Lisearch:
@@ -125,7 +134,9 @@ ENTRY(_cplb_mgr)
P4.L = LO(IMEM_CONTROL);
P4.H = HI(IMEM_CONTROL);
- /* disable cplbs */
+ /* Turn off CPLBs while we work, necessary according to HRM before
+ * modifying CPLB descriptors
+ */
R5 = [P4]; /* Control Register*/
BITCLR(R5,ENICPLB_P);
CLI R1;