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Cortex-a8 - Disable L2 Cache

Hey Guys,

First of all, I'm a total beginner on arm programming so I'm sorry if what I'm asking is too obvious or something like that.

So, I want to make some analysis with my L2 cache disabled. I'm running an U-boot environment, bare-metal, on my BeagleBone black and I'm trying to disable the cache following the steps provided on:

https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0344/k/level-2-memory-system/enabling-and-disabling-the-l2-cache-controller

My code is something like this:

asm volatile("MRC p15, 0, %0, c1, c0, 0\t\n": "=r"(controlRegister)); //Retrieve Control Register
controlRegister = controlRegister & ~(1u << 2); //change Bit C to 0;
asm volatile ("MCR p15, 0, %0, c1, c0, 0\t\n" :: "r"(controlRegister)); //write new value

I know this is only the first step(disable C bit), but I'm having trouble accomplishing it. The problem is, when i try to write the new value and then check if it was write correctly, the value retrieved is 00000000.

Am I doing something wrong? Is there some kind of access level that I need to have to accomplish it? If so, how can I do it?

Regards,

Lucas Cunha

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  • First of all, thanks for the fast reply.

    I still don`t understand the concepts of "privileged mode".

    On the link provided it's said that "Supervisor mode is a protected mode for the OS", since I'm not using an OS, just a bootloader, shouldn't this concept not apply?

    If enter in "supervisor mode" is still a need on bare-metal, do I need to write a SWI handler or there is some generic function numbers that are used exclusively to make this mode change action?

    Regards,

    Lucas Cunha

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  • First of all, thanks for the fast reply.

    I still don`t understand the concepts of "privileged mode".

    On the link provided it's said that "Supervisor mode is a protected mode for the OS", since I'm not using an OS, just a bootloader, shouldn't this concept not apply?

    If enter in "supervisor mode" is still a need on bare-metal, do I need to write a SWI handler or there is some generic function numbers that are used exclusively to make this mode change action?

    Regards,

    Lucas Cunha

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