[PATCH resend 8/9] MIPS: Honor L2 bypass bit

From: Kevin Cernekee
Date: Sat Oct 16 2010 - 17:44:47 EST


If CP0 CONFIG2 bit 12 (L2B) is set, the L2 cache is disabled and
therefore Linux should not attempt to use it.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/mm/sc-mips.c | 5 +++++
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/sc-mips.c b/arch/mips/mm/sc-mips.c
index 5ab5fa8..d072b25 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/sc-mips.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/sc-mips.c
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ static inline int __init mips_sc_probe(void)
return 0;

config2 = read_c0_config2();
+
+ /* bypass bit */
+ if (config2 & (1 << 12))
+ return 0;
+
tmp = (config2 >> 4) & 0x0f;
if (0 < tmp && tmp <= 7)
c->scache.linesz = 2 << tmp;
--
1.7.0.4

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