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authorMarc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>2013-11-28 18:24:58 +0000
committerChristoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org>2014-07-11 04:57:30 -0700
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arm64: boot protocol documentation update for GICv3
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>
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@@ -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.
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