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diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
index 02243eeccf50..ea67be0223ac 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ static void __init early_cachepolicy(char **p)
}
if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(cache_policies))
printk(KERN_ERR "ERROR: unknown or unsupported cache policy\n");
+ /*
+ * This restriction is partly to do with the way we boot; it is
+ * unpredictable to have memory mapped using two different sets of
+ * memory attributes (shared, type, and cache attribs). We can not
+ * change these attributes once the initial assembly has setup the
+ * page tables.
+ */
if (cpu_architecture() >= CPU_ARCH_ARMv6) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "Only cachepolicy=writeback supported on ARMv6 and later\n");
cachepolicy = CPOLICY_WRITEBACK;