On 6 April 2017 at 19:45, Leif Lindholm <leif.lindh...@linaro.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 06, 2017 at 07:31:13PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> On 6 April 2017 at 19:26, Leif Lindholm <leif.lindh...@linaro.org> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Apr 06, 2017 at 02:15:47PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> >> The VRAM of the PL111 on the FVP Base/Foundation models is described as
>> >> device memory rather than uncached memory, which is not an accurate
>> >> description of the nature of the region (i.e., a framebuffer), and may
>> >> result in problems when using accelerated string routines to access the
>> >> region, since this may legally involve unaligned accesses or DC ZVA
>> >> instructions, which are not allowed on device mappings.
>> >>
>> >> So split of the 8 MB VRAM region into a separate region, and map it using
>> >> memory attributes.
>> >
>> > "Normal memory attributes"?
>> >
>>
>> OK
>>
>> >>
>> >> Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
>> >> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>
>> >> ---
>> >>  ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVExpressPkg/Include/Platform/RTSM/ArmPlatform.h  | 10 
>> >> ++++++----
>> >>  ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVExpressPkg/Library/ArmVExpressLibRTSM/RTSMMem.c |  8 
>> >> +++++++-
>> >>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>> >>
>> >> diff --git 
>> >> a/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVExpressPkg/Include/Platform/RTSM/ArmPlatform.h 
>> >> b/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVExpressPkg/Include/Platform/RTSM/ArmPlatform.h
>> >> index 06414e6e7208..4e17c800a34f 100644
>> >> --- a/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVExpressPkg/Include/Platform/RTSM/ArmPlatform.h
>> >> +++ b/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVExpressPkg/Include/Platform/RTSM/ArmPlatform.h
>> >> @@ -40,9 +40,11 @@
>> >>  #define ARM_VE_SMB_SRAM_BASE                    0x2E000000
>> >>  #define ARM_VE_SMB_SRAM_SZ                      SIZE_64KB
>> >>  // USB, Ethernet, VRAM
>> >> -#define ARM_VE_SMB_PERIPH_BASE                  0x18000000
>> >> -#define PL111_CLCD_VRAM_MOTHERBOARD_BASE        ARM_VE_SMB_PERIPH_BASE
>> >> -#define ARM_VE_SMB_PERIPH_SZ                    SIZE_64MB
>> >> +#define ARM_VE_SMB_PERIPH_BASE                  0x18800000
>> >> +#define ARM_VE_SMB_PERIPH_SZ                    (SIZE_64MB - SIZE_8MB)
>> >> +
>> >> +#define PL111_CLCD_VRAM_MOTHERBOARD_BASE        0x18000000
>> >> +#define PL111_CLCD_VRAM_MOTHERBOARD_SIZE        SIZE_8MB
>> >>
>> >>  // DRAM
>> >>  #define ARM_VE_DRAM_BASE                        PcdGet64 
>> >> (PcdSystemMemoryBase)
>> >> @@ -75,6 +77,6 @@
>> >>  #define PL111_CLCD_CORE_TILE_VIDEO_MODE_OSC_ID  1
>> >>
>> >>  // VRAM offset for the PL111 Colour LCD Controller on the motherboard
>> >> -#define VRAM_MOTHERBOARD_BASE                     
>> >> (ARM_VE_SMB_PERIPH_BASE   + 0x00000)
>> >> +#define VRAM_MOTHERBOARD_BASE                     
>> >> (PL111_CLCD_VRAM_MOTHERBOARD_BASE)
>> >>
>> >>  #endif
>> >> diff --git 
>> >> a/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVExpressPkg/Library/ArmVExpressLibRTSM/RTSMMem.c 
>> >> b/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVExpressPkg/Library/ArmVExpressLibRTSM/RTSMMem.c
>> >> index 14c7e8e1d672..70c17ae70478 100644
>> >> --- a/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVExpressPkg/Library/ArmVExpressLibRTSM/RTSMMem.c
>> >> +++ b/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVExpressPkg/Library/ArmVExpressLibRTSM/RTSMMem.c
>> >> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
>> >>  #include <ArmPlatform.h>
>> >>
>> >>  // Number of Virtual Memory Map Descriptors
>> >> -#define MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY_MAP_DESCRIPTORS          8
>> >> +#define MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY_MAP_DESCRIPTORS          9
>> >>
>> >>  // DDR attributes
>> >>  #define DDR_ATTRIBUTES_CACHED   ARM_MEMORY_REGION_ATTRIBUTE_WRITE_BACK
>> >> @@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ ArmPlatformGetVirtualMemoryMap (
>> >>    VirtualMemoryTable[Index].Length = 2 * ARM_VE_SMB_PERIPH_SZ;
>> >>    VirtualMemoryTable[Index].Attributes = 
>> >> ARM_MEMORY_REGION_ATTRIBUTE_DEVICE;
>> >>
>> >> +  // VRAM
>> >> +  VirtualMemoryTable[++Index].PhysicalBase = 
>> >> PL111_CLCD_VRAM_MOTHERBOARD_BASE;
>> >> +  VirtualMemoryTable[Index].VirtualBase = 
>> >> PL111_CLCD_VRAM_MOTHERBOARD_BASE;
>> >> +  VirtualMemoryTable[Index].Length = PL111_CLCD_VRAM_MOTHERBOARD_SIZE;
>> >> +  VirtualMemoryTable[Index].Attributes = 
>> >> ARM_MEMORY_REGION_ATTRIBUTE_UNCACHED_UNBUFFERED;
>> >
>> > Hmm, looking at this made me a bit confused though. Normal uncached
>> > memory is certainly bufferable (that's basically what write-combining
>> > means).
>> >
>>
>> It maps to MAIR attribute encoding 0x44, which translates as
>>
>> Normal Memory, Outer Non-Cacheable, Inner Non-Cacheable
>
> Exactly - which is definitely "buffered".
>
>> > This looks like a naming hangover from ARMv5 translation table format.
>> > Is it about time we clean this up?
>>
>> The whole 'ARM_MEMORY_REGION_xxxx' intermediate namespace should be
>> removed, I think.
>
> That sounds like a good idea to me.
> There's also _NONSECURE crud in there.
>

Yes. But I hope you're not saying you want that to be done first
before this patch can go in?
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