From: Sean Anderson Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 11:51:41 +0000 (-0400) Subject: riscv: Add some comments to start.S X-Git-Url: http://git.dujemihanovic.xyz/%22http:/www.sics.se/static/git-logo.png?a=commitdiff_plain;h=924de3216e9efdf1cdc71b8632099213aac03f2c;p=u-boot.git riscv: Add some comments to start.S This adds comments regarding the ordering and purpose of certain instructions as I understand them. Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson Reviewed-by: Bin Meng Reviewed-by: Rick Chen Reviewed-by: Leo Liang --- diff --git a/arch/riscv/cpu/start.S b/arch/riscv/cpu/start.S index eb852538ca..bbc737ed9a 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/cpu/start.S +++ b/arch/riscv/cpu/start.S @@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ _start: csrr a0, CSR_MHARTID #endif - /* save hart id and dtb pointer */ + /* + * Save hart id and dtb pointer. The thread pointer register is not + * modified by C code. It is used by secondary_hart_loop. + */ mv tp, a0 mv s1, a1 @@ -54,10 +57,18 @@ _start: */ mv gp, zero + /* + * Set the trap handler. This must happen after initializing gp because + * the handler may use it. + */ la t0, trap_entry csrw MODE_PREFIX(tvec), t0 - /* mask all interrupts */ + /* + * Mask all interrupts. Interrupts are disabled globally (in m/sstatus) + * for U-Boot, but we will need to read m/sip to determine if we get an + * IPI + */ csrw MODE_PREFIX(ie), zero #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(SMP) @@ -412,6 +423,10 @@ secondary_hart_relocate: mv gp, a2 #endif +/* + * Interrupts are disabled globally, but they can still be read from m/sip. The + * wfi function will wake us up if we get an IPI, even if we do not trap. + */ secondary_hart_loop: wfi