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* ARM L2 Cache Controller
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-ARM cores often have a separate level 2 cache controller. There are various
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-implementations of the L2 cache controller with compatible programming models.
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+ARM cores often have a separate L2C210/L2C220/L2C310 (also known as PL210/PL220/
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+PL310 and variants) based level 2 cache controller. All these various implementations
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+of the L2 cache controller have compatible programming models (Note 1).
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Some of the properties that are just prefixed "cache-*" are taken from section
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3.7.3 of the ePAPR v1.1 specification which can be found at:
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https://www.power.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Power_ePAPR_APPROVED_v1.1.pdf
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cache-level = <2>;
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interrupts = <45>;
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};
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+
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+Note 1: The description in this document doesn't apply to integrated L2
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+ cache controllers as found in e.g. Cortex-A15/A7/A57/A53. These
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+ integrated L2 controllers are assumed to be all preconfigured by
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+ early secure boot code. Thus no need to deal with their configuration
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+ in the kernel at all.
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