Aaron Durbin (adurbin(a)google.com) just uploaded a new patch set to gerrit, which you can find at http://review.coreboot.org/5305
-gerrit
commit 3dea35e5a1a69c600feb2c16eef5d957b85c46ee
Author: Aaron Durbin <adurbin(a)chromium.org>
Date: Tue Feb 25 20:36:56 2014 -0600
x86: add MIRROR_PAYLOAD_TO_RAM_BEFORE_LOADING option
Boot speeds can be sped up by mirroring the payload into
main memory before doing the actual loading. Systems that
would benefit from this are typically Intel ones whose SPI
are memory mapped. Without the SPI being cached all accesses
to the payload in SPI while being loaded result in uncacheable
accesses. Instead take advantage of the on-board SPI controller
which has an internal cache and prefetcher by copying 64-byte
cachelines using 32-bit word copies.
Change-Id: I4aac856b1b5130fa2d68a6c45a96cfeead472a52
Signed-off-by: Aaron Durbin <adurbin(a)chromium.org>
---
src/cpu/x86/Kconfig | 9 +++++
src/cpu/x86/Makefile.inc | 1 +
src/cpu/x86/mirror_payload.c | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/include/payload_loader.h | 3 ++
src/lib/loaders/load_and_run_payload.c | 7 ++++
5 files changed, 91 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/Kconfig b/src/cpu/x86/Kconfig
index 19fa246..b5bb7e6 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/Kconfig
@@ -121,3 +121,12 @@ config BACKUP_DEFAULT_SMM_REGION
help
The cpu support will select this option if the default SMM region
needs to be backed up for suspend/resume purposes.
+
+config MIRROR_PAYLOAD_TO_RAM_BEFORE_LOADING
+ def_bool n
+ help
+ On certain platforms a boot speed gain can be realized if mirroring
+ the payload data stored in non-volatile storage. On x86 systems the
+ payload would typically live in a memory-mapped SPI part. Copying
+ the SPI contents to ram before performing the load can speed up
+ the boot process.
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/Makefile.inc b/src/cpu/x86/Makefile.inc
index d5bc2fd..277ba48 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/Makefile.inc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ romstage-$(CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME) += car.c
subdirs-$(CONFIG_PARALLEL_MP) += name
ramstage-$(CONFIG_PARALLEL_MP) += mp_init.c
+ramstage-$(CONFIG_MIRROR_PAYLOAD_TO_RAM_BEFORE_LOADING) += mirror_payload.c
SIPI_ELF=$(obj)/cpu/x86/sipi_vector.elf
SIPI_BIN=$(SIPI_ELF:.elf=)
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/mirror_payload.c b/src/cpu/x86/mirror_payload.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edd2641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/mirror_payload.c
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the coreboot project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <console/console.h>
+#include <bootmem.h>
+#include <payload_loader.h>
+
+void mirror_payload(struct payload *payload)
+{
+ char *buffer;
+ size_t size;
+ char *src;
+ uintptr_t alignment_diff;
+ const unsigned long cacheline_size = 64;
+ const uintptr_t intra_cacheline_mask = cacheline_size - 1;
+ const uintptr_t cacheline_mask = ~intra_cacheline_mask;
+
+ src = payload->backing_store.data;
+ size = payload->backing_store.size;
+
+ /*
+ * Adjust size so that the start and end points are aligned to a
+ * cacheline. The SPI hardware controllers on Intel machines should
+ * cache full length cachelines as well as prefetch data. Once the
+ * data is mirrored in memory all accesses should hit the CPU's cache.
+ */
+ alignment_diff = (intra_cacheline_mask & (uintptr_t)src);
+ size += alignment_diff;
+
+ size = ALIGN(size, cacheline_size);
+
+ printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Payload aligned size: 0x%zx\n", size);
+
+ buffer = bootmem_allocate_buffer(size);
+
+ if (buffer == NULL) {
+ printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "No buffer for mirroring payload.\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ src = (void *)(cacheline_mask & (uintptr_t)src);
+
+ /*
+ * Note that if mempcy is not using 32-bit moves the performance will
+ * degrade because the SPI hardware prefetchers look for
+ * cacheline-aligned 32-bit accesses to kick in.
+ */
+ memcpy(buffer, src, size);
+
+ /* Update the payload's backing store. */
+ payload->backing_store.data = &buffer[alignment_diff];
+}
diff --git a/src/include/payload_loader.h b/src/include/payload_loader.h
index 7ef5806..7a3f045 100644
--- a/src/include/payload_loader.h
+++ b/src/include/payload_loader.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ struct payload *payload_load(void);
/* Run the loaded payload. */
void payload_run(const struct payload *payload);
+/* Mirror the payload to be loaded. */
+void mirror_payload(struct payload *payload);
+
/* architecture specific function to run payload. */
void arch_payload_run(const struct payload *payload);
diff --git a/src/lib/loaders/load_and_run_payload.c b/src/lib/loaders/load_and_run_payload.c
index 7e1383e..2204090 100644
--- a/src/lib/loaders/load_and_run_payload.c
+++ b/src/lib/loaders/load_and_run_payload.c
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ static struct payload global_payload = {
.name = CONFIG_CBFS_PREFIX "/payload",
};
+void __attribute__((weak)) mirror_payload(struct payload *payload)
+{
+ return;
+}
+
struct payload *payload_load(void)
{
int i;
@@ -62,6 +67,8 @@ struct payload *payload_load(void)
if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(payload_ops))
return NULL;
+ mirror_payload(payload);
+
entry = selfload(payload);
if (entry == NULL)
the following patch was just integrated into master:
commit 802956f3d7061af397ac2602b664bc12424b3466
Author: Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed Feb 5 12:20:58 2014 +0100
boardstatus/towiki: Skip OVERRIDE_FANCTL
Change-Id: I4c5f69db198c8aa4757c82856fb04aa5ee16879f
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder(a)gmail.com>
See http://review.coreboot.org/5123 for details.
-gerrit
the following patch was just integrated into master:
commit ebfee55aaaaf727b6a273387b30ac92ef69d96ac
Author: Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed Feb 5 12:20:24 2014 +0100
boardstatus/towiki: Skip comments after options.
Change-Id: Id1213f4a44cd3a7a698b761d4942707d7dc1dee6
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder(a)gmail.com>
See http://review.coreboot.org/5122 for details.
-gerrit
the following patch was just integrated into master:
commit cb1aea4b43c9864f8397d84d14e6d4077f19a7da
Author: Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue Jan 28 04:16:41 2014 +0100
boardstatus/to-wiki.sh: Accept Kconfig with non-tab separators.
Change-Id: I3812c6bd6fb11d9e98ef60afb205782f2b1f0e44
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder(a)gmail.com>
See http://review.coreboot.org/5069 for details.
-gerrit