| Message ID | 1404140510-5382-5-git-send-email-marc.zyngier@arm.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
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Hi Marc, On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 04:01:33PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote: > Linux has some requirements that must be satisfied in order to boot > on a system built with a GICv3. > > Acked-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org> > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> FWIW: Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Mark. > --- > Documentation/arm64/booting.txt | 8 ++++++++ > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt b/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt > index 37fc4f6..da1d4bf 100644 > --- a/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt > +++ b/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt > @@ -141,6 +141,14 @@ Before jumping into the kernel, the following conditions must be met: > the kernel image will be entered must be initialised by software at a > higher exception level to prevent execution in an UNKNOWN state. > > + For systems with a GICv3 interrupt controller: > + - If EL3 is present: > + ICC_SRE_EL3.Enable (bit 3) must be initialiased to 0b1. > + ICC_SRE_EL3.SRE (bit 0) must be initialised to 0b1. > + - If the kernel is entered at EL1: > + ICC.SRE_EL2.Enable (bit 3) must be initialised to 0b1 > + ICC_SRE_EL2.SRE (bit 0) must be initialised to 0b1. > + > The requirements described above for CPU mode, caches, MMUs, architected > timers, coherency and system registers apply to all CPUs. All CPUs must > enter the kernel in the same exception level. > -- > 2.0.0 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt b/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt index 37fc4f6..da1d4bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt +++ b/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt @@ -141,6 +141,14 @@ Before jumping into the kernel, the following conditions must be met: the kernel image will be entered must be initialised by software at a higher exception level to prevent execution in an UNKNOWN state. + For systems with a GICv3 interrupt controller: + - If EL3 is present: + ICC_SRE_EL3.Enable (bit 3) must be initialiased to 0b1. + ICC_SRE_EL3.SRE (bit 0) must be initialised to 0b1. + - If the kernel is entered at EL1: + ICC.SRE_EL2.Enable (bit 3) must be initialised to 0b1 + ICC_SRE_EL2.SRE (bit 0) must be initialised to 0b1. + The requirements described above for CPU mode, caches, MMUs, architected timers, coherency and system registers apply to all CPUs. All CPUs must enter the kernel in the same exception level.