Re: [PATCH 1/1] ARM: LPAE: use phys_addr_t instead of unsigned long in outercache hooks

From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin
Date: Tue Dec 29 2020 - 05:55:45 EST


On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 08:00:00AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Wouldn't this also be needed by an Armada XP that supports
> more than 4GB of RAM but has an outer cache?

While Armada XP has an outer cache, it requires no maintanence; the
only support the kernel has is for configuring it at boot and resume:

* For Aurora cache in no outer mode, enable via the CP15 coprocessor
* broadcasting of cache commands to L2.

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