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

[Stefan Roese]

On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > 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.
>
> OK, then it is like I suspected. What if you rename _start to
> _common_start. Make _start equal _common_start for 405 and rename
> _start_440 to _start, i.e make sure that _start is defined where you
> start executing after the jump.

As I mentioned earlier, _start_440 is mapped to 0xfffff000 via the linker 
script since the jump from 0xfffffffc can't be too long (because of the 4k 
shadow TLB entry). So renaming _start_440 to _start won't help here. It can 
be done, but frankly I don't have the time for it currently.

> > 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.
>
> Both ways should be doable I think. A linker script would probably look
> something like(pseudo diff below):
>  .text      :
>   {
> +    _monitor_base = . ;
> +    PROVIDE (_monitor_base = .);
>     cpu/mpc83xx/start.o	(.text)
>
> And then add a
> 	GOT_ENTRY(_monitor_base)
> in start.S

The disadvantage I see is that I need to change the linker scripts for all 
boards for such a solution. Doesn't sound like fun.

So for now, I would really like to see the old version with the ugly 
CFG_MONITOR_BASE back so that 4xx board can be used again.

Best regards,
Stefan

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