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+/*
+ * arch/arm/mach-spear13XX/headsmp.S
+ *
+ * Picked from realview
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 ST Microelectronics Limited
+ * Shiraz Hashim <shiraz.hashim@st.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/linkage.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
+	__INIT
+
+/*
+ * spear13xx specific entry point for secondary CPUs. This provides
+ * a "holding pen" into which all secondary cores are held until we're
+ * ready for them to initialise.
+ */
+ENTRY(spear13xx_secondary_startup)
+	mrc	p15, 0, r0, c0, c0, 5
+	and	r0, r0, #15
+	adr	r4, 1f
+	ldmia	r4, {r5, r6}
+	sub	r4, r4, r5
+	add	r6, r6, r4
+pen:	ldr	r7, [r6]
+	cmp	r7, r0
+	bne	pen
+
+	/* re-enable coherency */
+	mrc	p15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 1
+	orr	r0, r0, #(1 << 6) | (1 << 0)
+	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 1
+	/*
+	 * we've been released from the holding pen: secondary_stack
+	 * should now contain the SVC stack for this core
+	 */
+	b	secondary_startup
+
+	.align
+1:	.long	.
+	.long	pen_release
+ENDPROC(spear13xx_secondary_startup)