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+/*
+ * Initialization stuff - taken from hermit
+ * (C) Copyright 2005 Rowel Atienza <rowel@diwalabs.com>
+ * Armadillo board HT1070
+ *
+ * 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 <config.h>
+#include <version.h>
+
+
+/* some parameters for the board */
+/* setting up the memory */
+#define 	SRAM_START 	0x60000000
+#define 	SRAM_SIZE	0x0000c000
+
+.globl lowlevel_init
+lowlevel_init:
+	mov	r0, #0x70		/* 32-bit code + data, MMU mandatory */
+	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 0	/* MMU init */
+
+	mov	r0, #0
+	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c7, c7, 0	/* flush v3/v4 cache */
+	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c8, c7, 0	/* flush v4 TLB */
+
+	mov	r0, #0x80000000		/* I/O base */
+
+	mov	r1, #0x6		/* CLKCTL_73 in SYSCON3 */
+	add	r2, r0, #0x2200		/* address of SYSCON3 in r2 */
+	str	r1, [r2]		/* set clock speed to 73.728 MHz */
+
+	mov	r1, #0x81		/* 64KHz DRAM refresh period */
+	str	r1, [r0, #0x200]	/* set DRFPR */
+
+	mov	r1, #0x500		/* permanent enable, 16bits wide */
+	add	r1, r1, #0x42		/* 128Mbit, CAS lat = 2 SDRAM */
+	add	r2, r0, #0x2300		/* load address in r2 */
+	str	r1, [r2]
+
+	mov	r1, #0x100		/* SDRAM refresh rate */
+	add	r2, r0, #0x2340		/* load address in r2 */
+	str	r1, [r2]
+
+	mov	sp, #SRAM_START		/* init stack pointer */
+	add	sp, sp, #SRAM_SIZE
+
+	/* everything is fine now */
+	mov	pc, lr