[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Make MPC83xx one step closer to full relocation.

[Stefan Roese]

On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > > I first did a new symbol for this but changed it to use _start as  I
> > > didn't want to introduce yet another symbol. I would hope it is
> > > possible to rework 4xx to move the _start symbol to were it belongs?
> > > Not having the _start symbol where it should be could bite you some
> > > other day too.
> >
> > I think you got this wrong. _start *is* where it should be, where the
> > execution of the code begins. Where you set the breakpoint in gdb.
>
> Ah, right. I *assumed* that _start was always the first symbol in the
> text segment too. On 4xx it isn't for some reason, but it should be
> possible to move it first.
>
> Sidnote: Does execution really begin at _start for 4xx? I still looks
> like it begin at _start_440 and eventually end up at _start

On 4xx execution always starts at 0xfffffffc (last lword in 32bit address 
space). This location holds a jump to _start for 405 PPC's and to _start_440 
for 440 PPC's. 440 PPC's need some extended initialization (TLB setup etc) 
and later jump to the 4xx common _start.

> > The "new symbol" you mention corresponds to CFG_MONITOR_BASE, but note
> > that it has no fixed address as it depends where you place your image
> > in flash.
>
> Yes, but the address is not important here, it is the difference
> _end - _start. I guess we could define a linker symbol too
> that calculates _end - _start for us and then just do
>   len = _uboot_reloc_size + EXC_OFF_SYS_RESET;
>
> or define a new symbol that is initialised to CFG_MONITOR_BASE or let
> the linker place it at the beginning of .text, hopefully there is
> already a name reserved for the symbol although I don't know of such a
> name. I either case I think one needs to add that symbol to the GOT list
> in start.S

I'm an linker script dyslexic. So no idea if we can handle this solely in the 
linker script or if we need a new common symbol in the PPC start.S's.

Best regards,
Stefan

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