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LDREX fails after MMU is enabled on Beagleboard xM

Note: This was originally posted on 30th October 2012 at http://forums.arm.com

I am attempting to port a build of xen-arm to work for the Beagleboard xM. This board uses TI's DM3730 processor, which is built on a Cortex A8 r3p2. My issue is that once the MMU is enabled, LDREX (and presumably STREX) instructions fail. I get a data abort exception when the LDREX instruction executes.

I know that the processor supports the LDREX/STREX instructions. The exclusive instruction support bits, [23:20], of c0, Instruction Set Attributes Register 4 is the expected 0x0. I also tested using LDREX before enabling the MMU and it doesn't cause an exception.

Setup:
Text is loaded to 0x8030_8000

Page Table:
Written from 0x8030_4000 to 0x8030_7FFF.
I am performing a 1 to 1 mapping at 0x8000_0000 for 1024 MB. The section descriptor format I am using is 0x8001_15EE + current page, where current page is 0x10_0000 to 0x4000_0000.
These values should give the following configuration:
Uses Sections
Bufferable: 1
Cacheable: 1
Execute-Never: 0
Domain: 0xF = Domain 15
Access Permissions[1:0]: 0x01
Access Permissions X: 0
Shareable: 1
Not Global: 0
Non-Secure: 0

Translation Table Base Registers (0,1) c1,c0, {0,1}:
0x8000_400B
This gives the following configuration:
Not Outer Shareable: 0 (Not Implemented SBZP)
Cacheable: 1
Shareable: 1
Region Bits: 0x1 = Normal memory, Outer Write-Back Write-Allocate Cacheable

Coprocessor Access Control Register c1,c0,2:
0x000F_0000
This gives the following configuration:
Priveledged and User mode access to CP10 and CP11.

Primary Region Remap Register c10, c2, 0:
0xff0a81a8
This gives the following configuration:
NOS7-0: 0xFF (Should be write ignored)
Mapping of S = 1 attribute for Normal Memory: 1 = Region is shareable
Mapping of S = 0 attribute for Normal Memory: 0 = Region is not shareable
Mapping of S = 1 attribute for Device Memory: 1 = Region is shareable
Mapping of S = 0 attribute for Device Memory: 0 = Region is not shareable
Primary TEX mapping for memory attributes (TRn):
TR0: 0x00 = Strongly Ordered
TR1: 0x10 = Normal Memory
TR2: 0x10 = Normal Memory
TR3: 0x10 = Normal Memory
TR4: 0x01 = Device Memory
TR5: 0x10 = Normal Memory
TR6: 0x00 = Strongly Ordered
TR7: 0x10 = Normal Memory

Normal Memory Remap Register c10, c2, 1:
0x40e040e0
This gives the following configuration:
Outer Cacheable property mapping for memory attributes n (ORn):
OR0: 0x00 = Region is Non-cacheable
OR1: 0x00 = Region is Non-cacheable
OR2: 0x10 = Region is WriteThrough, Non-WriteAllocate
OR3: 0x11 = Region is Write-Back, Non-WriteAllocate
OR4: 0x00 = Region is Non-cacheable
OR5: 0x00 = Region is Non-cacheable
OR6: 0x00 = Region is Non-cacheable
OR7: 0x01 = Region is Write-Back, WriteAllocate
Inner Cacheable property mapping for memory attributes n (IRn):
IR0: 0x00 = Region is Non-cacheable
IR1: 0x00 = Region is Non-cacheable
IR2: 0x10 = Region is WriteThrough, Non-WriteAllocate
IR3: 0x11 = Region is Write-Back, Non-WriteAllocate
IR4: 0x00 = Region is Non-cacheable
IR5: 0x00 = Region is Non-cacheable
IR6: 0x00 = Region is Non-cacheable
IR7: 0x01 = Region is Write-Back, WriteAllocate

Control Register c1, c0, 0:
0x10c53c7d
This gives the following configuration:
MMU Enable: 1
Enable Strict Alignment: 0
Data Caching Enabled: 1
Enable Program Flow prediction: 1
Instruction Caching Enabled: 1
Exception Vector Location: 1 = High Exception Vectors (0xFFFF_0000-0xFFFF_001C)
E-bit setting: 0
Non-Maskable Fast Interrupt enable: 0
Tex remap functionality: 1 = TEX remap enabled
Access Flag Enable: 0
Thumb Exception Enable: 0

Is there something I am missing or am I configuring something incorrectly?

Thanks,Robert VanVossen