On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 5:24 PM, Nishanth Menon <n...@ti.com> wrote:
> As recommended by Arm in [1], IBE[2] has to be enabled unconditionally
> for BPIALL to be functional on Cortex-A8 processors. Provide a config
> option for platforms to enable this option based on impact analysis
> for products.
>
> NOTE: This patch in itself is NOT the final solution, this requires:
> a) Implementation of v7_arch_cp15_set_acr on SoCs which may not
>    provide direct access to ACR register.
> b) Operating Systems such as Linux to provide adequate workaround in the right
>    locations.
> c) This workaround applies to only the boot processor. It is important
>    to apply workaround as necessary (context-save-restore) around low
>    power context loss OR additional processors as necessary in either
>    firmware support OR elsewhere in OS.
>
> [1] https://developer.arm.com/support/security-update
> [2] http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ddi0344k/Bgbffjhh.html
>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyng...@arm.com>
> Cc: Russell King <li...@arm.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Tony Lindgren <t...@atomide.com>
> Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.mur...@arm.com>
> Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.mari...@arm.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.dea...@arm.com>
> Cc: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.d...@linaro.org>
> Cc: Andre Przywara <andre.przyw...@arm.com>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>
> Cc: Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com>
> Cc: Michael Nazzareno Trimarchi <mich...@amarulasolutions.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Nishanth Menon <n...@ti.com>

On a imx51-babbage board:

Tested-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.este...@nxp.com>
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