arm: libpayload: Add cache coherent DMA memory definition and management

This patch adds a mechanism to set aside a region of cache-coherent
(i.e. usually uncached) virtual memory, which can be used to communicate
with DMA devices without automatic cache snooping (common on ARM)
without the need of explicit flush/invalidation instructions in the
driver code.

This works by setting aside said region in the (board-specific) page
table setup, as exemplary done in this patch for the Snow, Pit and Kirby
boards. It uses a new mechanism for adding board-specific Coreboot table
entries to describe this region in an entry with the LB_DMA tag.

Libpayload's memory allocator is enhanced to be able to operate on
distinct types/regions of memory. It provides dma_malloc() and
dma_memalign() functions for use in drivers, which by default just
operate on the same heap as their traditional counterparts. However, if
the Coreboot table parsing code finds a CB_DMA section, further requests
through the dma_xxx() functions will return memory from the region
described therein instead.

BUG=chrome-os-partner:21969
TEST=Manual

Change-Id: Ia9c249249e936bbc3eb76e7b4822af2230ffb186
Signed-off-by: Julius Werner <jwerner@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/167155
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Julius Werner 2013-08-27 15:48:32 -07:00 committed by Caroline Tice
commit d142ccdcd9
9 changed files with 158 additions and 42 deletions

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@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ struct lb_gpios {
#define LB_TAG_VDAT 0x0015
#define LB_TAG_VBNV 0x0019
#define LB_TAB_VBOOT_HANDOFF 0x0020
#define LB_TAB_DMA 0x0022
struct lb_range {
uint32_t tag;
uint32_t size;
@ -331,4 +332,9 @@ struct lb_memory *get_lb_mem(void);
void fill_lb_gpios(struct lb_gpios *gpios);
/* Define this in mainboard.c to add board-specific table entries. */
void lb_board(struct lb_header *header);
struct lb_record *lb_new_record(struct lb_header *header);
#endif /* COREBOOT_TABLES_H */