ARM: dts: stm32f429: Boost perfs by remapping SDRAM Bank 1 to 0x0
authorMaxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com>
Wed, 2 Dec 2015 16:47:17 +0000 (17:47 +0100)
committerMaxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com>
Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:02:59 +0000 (12:02 +0100)
commitb2aa7f7741f511c6a1ea266d62d203662f121ea7
tree06febcaf3c140087623d9ea0feb509da1e2b0f4d
parentb690172f7211f3e52e1f79143206d0b2beabb9aa
ARM: dts: stm32f429: Boost perfs by remapping SDRAM Bank 1 to 0x0

STM32F429 allows to remap FMC SDRAM Bank 1 from 0xc0000000 to 0x0,
by writing 0x4 to SYSCFG_MEMRMP register.

As mentionned in the reference manual (see chapter 9.3.1), the performance
gain is really interresting:
"In remap mode at address 0x0000 0000, the CPU can access the external
memory via ICode bus instead of System bus which boosts up the
performance."

These are the dhrystone results with and without the remap enabled:
Default (SDRAM in 0xc0000000):
---------------------------------
Microseconds for one run through Dhrystone:   31.8
Dhrystones per Second:                      31416.9

Remap (SDRAM in 0x0000000):
-----------------------------
Microseconds for one run through Dhrystone:   20.6
Dhrystones per Second:                      48520.1

This patch first change the SDRAM start address to 0x0 for STM32429i-EVAL
board, and also set the dma-range property as the other masters than the M4
CPU still see SDRAM in 0xc0000000.

Note that the Discovery board cannot benefit from this feature, since the
SDRAM is connected to Bank 2.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com>
arch/arm/boot/dts/stm32429i-eval.dts
arch/arm/boot/dts/stm32f429.dtsi
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