[Blackfin] arch: Add a note describing what is going on - no functional changes
authorRobin Getz <robin.getz@analog.com>
Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:38:44 +0000 (15:38 +0800)
committerBryan Wu <bryan.wu@analog.com>
Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:38:44 +0000 (15:38 +0800)
Signed-off-by: Robin Getz <robin.getz@analog.com>
Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@analog.com>
arch/blackfin/mach-common/cplbmgr.S

index 6f909cb..faca1ab 100644 (file)
@@ -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;