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+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2007
+ * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * 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; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+
+/*
+ * SPR test
+ *
+ * The test checks the contents of Special Purpose Registers (SPR) listed
+ * in the spr_test_list array below.
+ * Each SPR value is read using mfspr instruction, some bits are masked
+ * according to the table and the resulting value is compared to the
+ * corresponding table value.
+ */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_POST
+
+#include <post.h>
+
+#if CONFIG_POST & CFG_POST_SPR
+
+static struct
+{
+    int number;
+    char * name;
+    unsigned long mask;
+    unsigned long value;
+} spr_test_list [] = {
+	/* Standard Special-Purpose Registers */
+
+	{0x001,	"XER",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x008,	"LR",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x009,	"CTR",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x016,	"DEC",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x01a,	"SRR0",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x01b,	"SRR1",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x110,	"SPRG0",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x111,	"SPRG1",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x112,	"SPRG2",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x113,	"SPRG3",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x11f,	"PVR",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+
+	/* Additional Special-Purpose Registers */
+
+	{0x30,	"PID",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x3a,	"CSRR0",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x3b,	"CSRR1",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x3d,	"DEAR",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x3e,	"ESR",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x3f,	"IVPR",		0xffff0000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x100,	"USPRG0",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x104,	"SPRG4",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x105,	"SPRG5",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x106,	"SPRG6",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x107,	"SPRG7",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x10c,	"TBL",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x10d,	"TBU",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x11e,	"PIR",		0x0000000f,	0x00000000},
+	{0x130,	"DBSR",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x134,	"DBCR0",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x135,	"DBCR1",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x136,	"DBCR2",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x138,	"IAC1",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x139,	"IAC2",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x13a,	"IAC3",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x13b,	"IAC4",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x13c,	"DAC1",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x13d,	"DAC2",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x13e,	"DVC1",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x13f,	"DVC2",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x150,	"TSR",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x154,	"TCR",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x190,	"IVOR0",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x191,	"IVOR1",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x192,	"IVOR2",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x193,	"IVOR3",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x194,	"IVOR4",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x195,	"IVOR5",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x196,	"IVOR6",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x197,	"IVOR7",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x198,	"IVOR8",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x199,	"IVOR9",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x19a,	"IVOR10",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x19b,	"IVOR11",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x19c,	"IVOR12",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x19d,	"IVOR13",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x19e,	"IVOR14",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x19f,	"IVOR15",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x23a,	"MCSRR0",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x23b,	"MCSRR1",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x23c,	"MCSR",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x370,	"INV0",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x371,	"INV1",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x372,	"INV2",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x373,	"INV3",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x374,	"ITV0",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x375,	"ITV1",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x376,	"ITV2",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x377,	"ITV3",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x378,	"CCR1",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x390,	"DNV0",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x391,	"DNV1",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x392,	"DNV2",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x393,	"DNV3",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x394,	"DTV0",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x395,	"DTV1",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x396,	"DTV2",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x397,	"DTV3",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x398,	"DVLIM",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x399,	"IVLIM",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x39b,	"RSTCFG",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x39c,	"DCDBTRL",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x39d,	"DCDBTRH",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x39e,	"ICDBTRL",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x39f,	"ICDBTRH",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x3b2,	"MMUCR",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x3b3,	"CCR0",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x3d3,	"ICDBDR",	0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+	{0x3f3,	"DBDR",		0x00000000,	0x00000000},
+};
+
+static int spr_test_list_size =
+		sizeof (spr_test_list) / sizeof (spr_test_list[0]);
+
+int spr_post_test (int flags)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	unsigned long code[] = {
+		0x7c6002a6,				/* mfspr r3,SPR */
+		0x4e800020				/* blr          */
+	};
+	unsigned long (*get_spr) (void) = (void *) code;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < spr_test_list_size; i++) {
+		int num = spr_test_list[i].number;
+
+		/* mfspr r3,num */
+		code[0] = 0x7c6002a6 | ((num & 0x1F) << 16) | ((num & 0x3E0) << 6);
+
+		asm volatile ("isync");
+
+		if ((get_spr () & spr_test_list[i].mask) !=
+			(spr_test_list[i].value & spr_test_list[i].mask)) {
+			post_log ("The value of %s special register "
+				  "is incorrect: 0x%08X\n",
+					spr_test_list[i].name, get_spr ());
+			ret = -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_POST & CFG_POST_SPR */
+#endif /* CONFIG_POST */