[PATCH] mxc: turn off HWCAP_NEON for older versions of imx51 silicon
Amit Kucheria
amit.kucheria at verdurent.com
Wed Sep 1 20:49:13 BST 2010
Versions of silicon older than TO3 have broken NEON implementation. Turn off
NEON in such cases.
Signed-off-by: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria at linaro.org>
---
arch/arm/mach-mx5/cpu.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mx5/cpu.c b/arch/arm/mach-mx5/cpu.c
index 2d37785..06e1717 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mx5/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mx5/cpu.c
@@ -70,6 +70,25 @@ int mx51_revision(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(mx51_revision);
+#ifdef CONFIG_NEON
+
+/* All versions of the silicon before Rev. 3 have broken NEON implementations.
+ * Dependent on link order - so the assumption is that vfp_init is called before us
+ */
+static int __init mx51_neon_fixup(void)
+{
+ if (mx51_revision() < MX51_CHIP_REV_3_0) {
+ if (elf_hwcap & HWCAP_NEON) {
+ elf_hwcap &= ~HWCAP_NEON;
+ pr_info("Turning off NEON support, detected broken NEON implemention\n");
+ }
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+late_initcall(mx51_neon_fixup);
+#endif
+
static int __init post_cpu_init(void)
{
unsigned int reg;
--
1.7.0.4
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