[U-Boot] [PATCH] arm: add ELF relocation support to rest of cpus

Darius Augulis augulis.darius at gmail.com
Fri Nov 26 19:04:02 CET 2010


Hi Albert,

On 11/25/2010 11:45 PM, Albert Aribaud wrote:
> bulk addition of ELF relocation support to ARM cpus
> arm946es, arm720t,arm920t, arm925t, arm_intcm, ixp,
> lh7a40x, s3c44b0, and sa1100.
>
> Signed-off-by: Albert Aribaud<albert.aribaud at free.fr>
> ---
>   arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S      |  119 +++++++++++++++++----------------
>   arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/u-boot.lds   |   39 +++++++----
>   arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S      |  125 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>   arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/u-boot.lds   |   38 +++++++----
>   arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S      |  127 +++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>   arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/u-boot.lds   |   38 +++++++----
>   arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S     |  123 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>   arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/u-boot.lds  |   38 +++++++----
>   arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S    |  127 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
>   arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/u-boot.lds |   38 +++++++----
>   arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S          |  118 +++++++++++++++++----------------
>   arch/arm/cpu/ixp/u-boot.lds       |   38 +++++++----
>   arch/arm/cpu/lh7a40x/start.S      |  119 +++++++++++++++++----------------
>   arch/arm/cpu/lh7a40x/u-boot.lds   |   38 +++++++----
>   arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S      |  131 +++++++++++++++++--------------------
>   arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/u-boot.lds   |   38 +++++++----
>   arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S       |  119 +++++++++++++++++----------------
>   arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/u-boot.lds    |   38 +++++++----
>   18 files changed, 785 insertions(+), 666 deletions(-)
>

how about arm1136 and arm1176? Perhaps they both have relocation code 
but also they try to use _datarel_* which are not exported by linker 
anymore.
I have my own local patches but I think would be better if you change it 
together with all other cpus.

> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S
> index 8cd267b..46050da 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S
> @@ -81,14 +81,17 @@ _TEXT_BASE:
>
>   /*
>    * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
> + * Subtracting _start from them lets the linker put their
> + * relative position in the executable instead of leaving
> + * them null.
>    */
> -.globl _bss_start
> -_bss_start:
> -	.word __bss_start
> +.globl _bss_start_ofs
> +_bss_start_ofs:
> +	.word __bss_start - _start
>
> -.globl _bss_end
> -_bss_end:
> -	.word _end
> +.globl _bss_end_ofs
> +_bss_end_ofs:
> +	.word _end - _start
>
>   #ifdef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
>   /* IRQ stack memory (calculated at run-time) */
> @@ -107,30 +110,6 @@ FIQ_STACK_START:
>   IRQ_STACK_START_IN:
>   	.word	0x0badc0de
>
> -.globl _datarel_start
> -_datarel_start:
> -	.word __datarel_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelrolocal_start
> -_datarelrolocal_start:
> -	.word __datarelrolocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarellocal_start
> -_datarellocal_start:
> -	.word __datarellocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelro_start
> -_datarelro_start:
> -	.word __datarelro_start
> -
> -.globl _got_start
> -_got_start:
> -	.word __got_start
> -
> -.globl _got_end
> -_got_end:
> -	.word __got_end
> -
>   /*
>    * the actual reset code
>    */
> @@ -184,9 +163,8 @@ stack_setup:
>
>   	adr	r0, _start
>   	ldr	r2, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r3, _bss_start
> -	sub	r2, r3, r2		/* r2<- size of armboot	    */
> -	add	r2, r0, r2		/* r2<- source end address	    */
> +	ldr	r3, _bss_start_ofs
> +	add	r2, r0, r3		/* r2<- source end address	    */
>   	cmp	r0, r6
>   	beq	clear_bss
>
> @@ -197,35 +175,53 @@ copy_loop:
>   	blo	copy_loop
>
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	/* fix got entries */
> -	ldr	r1, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
> -	mov	r0, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	ldr	r2, _got_start		/* addr in Flash */
> -	ldr	r3, _got_end		/* addr in Flash */
> -	sub	r3, r3, r1
> -	add	r3, r3, r0
> -	sub	r2, r2, r1
> -	add	r2, r2, r0
> -
> +	/*
> +	 * fix .rel.dyn relocations
> +	 */
> +	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE		/* r0<- Text base */
> +	sub	r9, r7, r0		/* r9<- relocation offset */
> +	ldr	r10, _dynsym_start_ofs	/* r10<- sym table ofs */
> +	add	r10, r10, r0		/* r10<- sym table in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r2, _rel_dyn_start_ofs	/* r2<- rel dyn start ofs */
> +	add	r2, r2, r0		/* r2<- rel dyn start in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r3, _rel_dyn_end_ofs	/* r3<- rel dyn end ofs */
> +	add	r3, r3, r0		/* r3<- rel dyn end in FLASH */
>   fixloop:
> -	ldr	r4, [r2]
> -	sub	r4, r4, r1
> -	add	r4, r4, r0
> -	str	r4, [r2]
> -	add	r2, r2, #4
> +	ldr	r0, [r2]		/* r0<- location to fix up, IN FLASH! */
> +	add	r0, r0, r9		/* r0<- location to fix up in RAM */
> +	ldr	r1, [r2, #4]
> +	and	r8, r1, #0xff
> +	cmp	r8, #23			/* relative fixup? */
> +	beq	fixrel
> +	cmp	r8, #2			/* absolute fixup? */
> +	beq	fixabs
> +	/* ignore unknown type of fixup */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixabs:
> +	/* absolute fix: set location to (offset) symbol value */
> +	mov	r1, r1, LSR #4		/* r1<- symbol index in .dynsym */
> +	add	r1, r10, r1		/* r1<- address of symbol in table */
> +	ldr	r1, [r1, #4]		/* r1<- symbol value */
> +	add	r1, r9			/* r1<- relocated sym addr */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixrel:
> +	/* relative fix: increase location by offset */
> +	ldr	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r1, r1, r9
> +fixnext:
> +	str	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r2, r2, #8		/* each rel.dyn entry is 8 bytes */
>   	cmp	r2, r3
>   	blo	fixloop
>   #endif
>
>   clear_bss:
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	ldr	r0, _bss_start
> -	ldr	r1, _bss_end
> +	ldr	r0, _bss_start_ofs
> +	ldr	r1, _bss_end_ofs
>   	ldr	r3, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
>   	mov	r4, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	sub	r0, r0, r3
>   	add	r0, r0, r4
> -	sub	r1, r1, r3
>   	add	r1, r1, r4
>   	mov	r2, #0x00000000		/* clear			    */
>
> @@ -242,18 +238,25 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
>    * We are done. Do not return, instead branch to second part of board
>    * initialization, now running from RAM.
>    */
> -	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r2, _board_init_r
> -	sub	r2, r2, r0
> -	add	r2, r2, r7	/* position from board_init_r in RAM */
> +	ldr	r0, _board_init_r_ofs
> +	adr	r1, _start
> +	add	lr, r0, r1
> +	add	lr, lr, r9
>   	/* setup parameters for board_init_r */
>   	mov	r0, r5		/* gd_t */
>   	mov	r1, r7		/* dest_addr */
>   	/* jump to it ... */
> -	mov	lr, r2
>   	mov	pc, lr
>
> -_board_init_r: .word board_init_r
> +_board_init_r_ofs:
> +	.word board_init_r - _start
> +
> +_rel_dyn_start_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_start - _start
> +_rel_dyn_end_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_end - _start
> +_dynsym_start_ofs:
> +	.word __dynsym_start - _start
>
>   /*
>    *************************************************************************
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/u-boot.lds
> index 4a0bc70..0686e42 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/u-boot.lds
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/u-boot.lds
> @@ -40,29 +40,38 @@ SECTIONS
>
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
>   	.data : {
> -		*(.data)
> -	__datarel_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel)
> -	__datarelrolocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro.local)
> -	__datarellocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.local)
> -	__datarelro_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro)
>   	}
>
> -	__got_start = .;
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	.got : { *(.got) }
>
> -	__got_end = .;
>   	. = .;
>   	__u_boot_cmd_start = .;
>   	.u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
>   	__u_boot_cmd_end = .;
>
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	__bss_start = .;
> -	.bss (NOLOAD) : { *(.bss) . = ALIGN(4); }
> -	_end = .;
> +
> +	.rel.dyn : {
> +		__rel_dyn_start = .;
> +		*(.rel*)
> +		__rel_dyn_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	.dynsym : {
> +		__dynsym_start = .;
> +		*(.dynsym)
> +	}
> +
> +	.bss __rel_dyn_start (OVERLAY) : {
> +		__bss_start = .;
> +		*(.bss)
> +		 . = ALIGN(4);
> +		_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynstr*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynamic*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.plt*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
>   }
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S
> index d4edde7..01edb9b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S
> @@ -77,14 +77,17 @@ _TEXT_BASE:
>
>   /*
>    * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
> + * Subtracting _start from them lets the linker put their
> + * relative position in the executable instead of leaving
> + * them null.
>    */
> -.globl _bss_start
> -_bss_start:
> -	.word __bss_start
> +.globl _bss_start_ofs
> +_bss_start_ofs:
> +	.word __bss_start - _start
>
> -.globl _bss_end
> -_bss_end:
> -	.word _end
> +.globl _bss_end_ofs
> +_bss_end_ofs:
> +	.word _end - _start
>
>   #ifdef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
>   /* IRQ stack memory (calculated at run-time) */
> @@ -103,30 +106,6 @@ FIQ_STACK_START:
>   IRQ_STACK_START_IN:
>   	.word	0x0badc0de
>
> -.globl _datarel_start
> -_datarel_start:
> -	.word __datarel_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelrolocal_start
> -_datarelrolocal_start:
> -	.word __datarelrolocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarellocal_start
> -_datarellocal_start:
> -	.word __datarellocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelro_start
> -_datarelro_start:
> -	.word __datarelro_start
> -
> -.globl _got_start
> -_got_start:
> -	.word __got_start
> -
> -.globl _got_end
> -_got_end:
> -	.word __got_end
> -
>   /*
>    * the actual start code
>    */
> @@ -230,9 +209,8 @@ stack_setup:
>
>   	adr	r0, _start
>   	ldr	r2, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r3, _bss_start
> -	sub	r2, r3, r2		/* r2<- size of armboot	    */
> -	add	r2, r0, r2		/* r2<- source end address	    */
> +	ldr	r3, _bss_start_ofs
> +	add	r2, r0, r3		/* r2<- source end address	    */
>   	cmp	r0, r6
>   	beq	clear_bss
>
> @@ -243,35 +221,53 @@ copy_loop:
>   	blo	copy_loop
>
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	/* fix got entries */
> -	ldr	r1, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
> -	mov	r0, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	ldr	r2, _got_start		/* addr in Flash */
> -	ldr	r3, _got_end		/* addr in Flash */
> -	sub	r3, r3, r1
> -	add	r3, r3, r0
> -	sub	r2, r2, r1
> -	add	r2, r2, r0
> -
> +	/*
> +	 * fix .rel.dyn relocations
> +	 */
> +	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE		/* r0<- Text base */
> +	sub	r9, r7, r0		/* r9<- relocation offset */
> +	ldr	r10, _dynsym_start_ofs	/* r10<- sym table ofs */
> +	add	r10, r10, r0		/* r10<- sym table in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r2, _rel_dyn_start_ofs	/* r2<- rel dyn start ofs */
> +	add	r2, r2, r0		/* r2<- rel dyn start in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r3, _rel_dyn_end_ofs	/* r3<- rel dyn end ofs */
> +	add	r3, r3, r0		/* r3<- rel dyn end in FLASH */
>   fixloop:
> -	ldr	r4, [r2]
> -	sub	r4, r4, r1
> -	add	r4, r4, r0
> -	str	r4, [r2]
> -	add	r2, r2, #4
> +	ldr	r0, [r2]		/* r0<- location to fix up, IN FLASH! */
> +	add	r0, r0, r9		/* r0<- location to fix up in RAM */
> +	ldr	r1, [r2, #4]
> +	and	r8, r1, #0xff
> +	cmp	r8, #23			/* relative fixup? */
> +	beq	fixrel
> +	cmp	r8, #2			/* absolute fixup? */
> +	beq	fixabs
> +	/* ignore unknown type of fixup */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixabs:
> +	/* absolute fix: set location to (offset) symbol value */
> +	mov	r1, r1, LSR #4		/* r1<- symbol index in .dynsym */
> +	add	r1, r10, r1		/* r1<- address of symbol in table */
> +	ldr	r1, [r1, #4]		/* r1<- symbol value */
> +	add	r1, r9			/* r1<- relocated sym addr */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixrel:
> +	/* relative fix: increase location by offset */
> +	ldr	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r1, r1, r9
> +fixnext:
> +	str	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r2, r2, #8		/* each rel.dyn entry is 8 bytes */
>   	cmp	r2, r3
>   	blo	fixloop
>   #endif
>
>   clear_bss:
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	ldr	r0, _bss_start
> -	ldr	r1, _bss_end
> +	ldr	r0, _bss_start_ofs
> +	ldr	r1, _bss_end_ofs
>   	ldr	r3, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
>   	mov	r4, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	sub	r0, r0, r3
>   	add	r0, r0, r4
> -	sub	r1, r1, r3
>   	add	r1, r1, r4
>   	mov	r2, #0x00000000		/* clear			    */
>
> @@ -289,24 +285,33 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
>    * initialization, now running from RAM.
>    */
>   #ifdef CONFIG_NAND_SPL
> -	ldr     pc, _nand_boot
> +	ldr     r0, _nand_boot_ofs
> +	mov	pc, r0
>
> -_nand_boot: .word nand_boot
> +_nand_boot_ofs:
> +	.word nand_boot
>   #else
> -	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r2, _board_init_r
> -	sub	r2, r2, r0
> -	add	r2, r2, r7	/* position from board_init_r in RAM */
> +	ldr	r0, _board_init_r_ofs
> +	adr	r1, _start
> +	add	lr, r0, r1
> +	add	lr, lr, r9
>   	/* setup parameters for board_init_r */
>   	mov	r0, r5		/* gd_t */
>   	mov	r1, r7		/* dest_addr */
>   	/* jump to it ... */
> -	mov	lr, r2
>   	mov	pc, lr
>
> -_board_init_r: .word board_init_r
> +_board_init_r_ofs:
> +	.word board_init_r - _start
>   #endif
>
> +_rel_dyn_start_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_start - _start
> +_rel_dyn_end_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_end - _start
> +_dynsym_start_ofs:
> +	.word __dynsym_start - _start
> +
>   /*
>    *************************************************************************
>    *
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/u-boot.lds
> index 6985434..a6f8b56 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/u-boot.lds
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/u-boot.lds
> @@ -49,28 +49,38 @@ SECTIONS
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
>   	.data : {
>   		*(.data)
> -	__datarel_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel)
> -	__datarelrolocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro.local)
> -	__datarellocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.local)
> -	__datarelro_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro)
>   	}
>
> -	__got_start = .;
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	.got : { *(.got) }
>
> -	__got_end = .;
>   	. = .;
>   	__u_boot_cmd_start = .;
>   	.u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
>   	__u_boot_cmd_end = .;
>
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	__bss_start = .;
> -	.bss (NOLOAD) : { *(.bss) . = ALIGN(4); }
> -	_end = .;
> +
> +	.rel.dyn : {
> +		__rel_dyn_start = .;
> +		*(.rel*)
> +		__rel_dyn_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	.dynsym : {
> +		__dynsym_start = .;
> +		*(.dynsym)
> +	}
> +
> +	.bss __rel_dyn_start (OVERLAY) : {
> +		__bss_start = .;
> +		*(.bss)
> +		 . = ALIGN(4);
> +		_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynstr*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynamic*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.plt*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
>   }
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S
> index 51229c6..ce590a7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S
> @@ -87,14 +87,17 @@ _TEXT_BASE:
>
>   /*
>    * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
> + * Subtracting _start from them lets the linker put their
> + * relative position in the executable instead of leaving
> + * them null.
>    */
> -.globl _bss_start
> -_bss_start:
> -	.word __bss_start
> +.globl _bss_start_ofs
> +_bss_start_ofs:
> +	.word __bss_start - _start
>
> -.globl _bss_end
> -_bss_end:
> -	.word _end
> +.globl _bss_end_ofs
> +_bss_end_ofs:
> +	.word _end - _start
>
>   #ifdef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
>   /* IRQ stack memory (calculated at run-time) */
> @@ -113,30 +116,6 @@ FIQ_STACK_START:
>   IRQ_STACK_START_IN:
>   	.word	0x0badc0de
>
> -.globl _datarel_start
> -_datarel_start:
> -	.word __datarel_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelrolocal_start
> -_datarelrolocal_start:
> -	.word __datarelrolocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarellocal_start
> -_datarellocal_start:
> -	.word __datarellocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelro_start
> -_datarelro_start:
> -	.word __datarelro_start
> -
> -.globl _got_start
> -_got_start:
> -	.word __got_start
> -
> -.globl _got_end
> -_got_end:
> -	.word __got_end
> -
>   /*
>    * the actual reset code
>    */
> @@ -221,9 +200,8 @@ stack_setup:
>
>   	adr	r0, _start
>   	ldr	r2, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r3, _bss_start
> -	sub	r2, r3, r2		/* r2<- size of armboot	    */
> -	add	r2, r0, r2		/* r2<- source end address	    */
> +	ldr	r3, _bss_start_ofs
> +	add	r2, r0, r3		/* r2<- source end address	    */
>   	cmp	r0, r6
>   	beq	clear_bss
>
> @@ -234,35 +212,53 @@ copy_loop:
>   	blo	copy_loop
>
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	/* fix got entries */
> -	ldr	r1, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
> -	mov	r0, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	ldr	r2, _got_start		/* addr in Flash */
> -	ldr	r3, _got_end		/* addr in Flash */
> -	sub	r3, r3, r1
> -	add	r3, r3, r0
> -	sub	r2, r2, r1
> -	add	r2, r2, r0
> -
> +	/*
> +	 * fix .rel.dyn relocations
> +	 */
> +	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE		/* r0<- Text base */
> +	sub	r9, r7, r0		/* r9<- relocation offset */
> +	ldr	r10, _dynsym_start_ofs	/* r10<- sym table ofs */
> +	add	r10, r10, r0		/* r10<- sym table in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r2, _rel_dyn_start_ofs	/* r2<- rel dyn start ofs */
> +	add	r2, r2, r0		/* r2<- rel dyn start in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r3, _rel_dyn_end_ofs	/* r3<- rel dyn end ofs */
> +	add	r3, r3, r0		/* r3<- rel dyn end in FLASH */
>   fixloop:
> -	ldr	r4, [r2]
> -	sub	r4, r4, r1
> -	add	r4, r4, r0
> -	str	r4, [r2]
> -	add	r2, r2, #4
> +	ldr	r0, [r2]		/* r0<- location to fix up, IN FLASH! */
> +	add	r0, r0, r9		/* r0<- location to fix up in RAM */
> +	ldr	r1, [r2, #4]
> +	and	r8, r1, #0xff
> +	cmp	r8, #23			/* relative fixup? */
> +	beq	fixrel
> +	cmp	r8, #2			/* absolute fixup? */
> +	beq	fixabs
> +	/* ignore unknown type of fixup */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixabs:
> +	/* absolute fix: set location to (offset) symbol value */
> +	mov	r1, r1, LSR #4		/* r1<- symbol index in .dynsym */
> +	add	r1, r10, r1		/* r1<- address of symbol in table */
> +	ldr	r1, [r1, #4]		/* r1<- symbol value */
> +	add	r1, r9			/* r1<- relocated sym addr */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixrel:
> +	/* relative fix: increase location by offset */
> +	ldr	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r1, r1, r9
> +fixnext:
> +	str	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r2, r2, #8		/* each rel.dyn entry is 8 bytes */
>   	cmp	r2, r3
>   	blo	fixloop
>   #endif
>
>   clear_bss:
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	ldr	r0, _bss_start
> -	ldr	r1, _bss_end
> +	ldr	r0, _bss_start_ofs
> +	ldr	r1, _bss_end_ofs
>   	ldr	r3, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
>   	mov	r4, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	sub	r0, r0, r3
>   	add	r0, r0, r4
> -	sub	r1, r1, r3
>   	add	r1, r1, r4
>   	mov	r2, #0x00000000		/* clear			    */
>
> @@ -271,6 +267,8 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
>   	cmp	r0, r1
>   	bne	clbss_l
>
> +	bl coloured_LED_init
> +	bl red_LED_on
>   #endif
>
>   /*
> @@ -278,24 +276,33 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
>    * initialization, now running from RAM.
>    */
>   #ifdef CONFIG_NAND_SPL
> -	ldr     pc, _nand_boot
> +	ldr     r0, _nand_boot_ofs
> +	mov	pc, r0
>
> -_nand_boot: .word nand_boot
> +_nand_boot_ofs:
> +	.word nand_boot
>   #else
> -	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r2, _board_init_r
> -	sub	r2, r2, r0
> -	add	r2, r2, r7	/* position from board_init_r in RAM */
> +	ldr	r0, _board_init_r_ofs
> +	adr	r1, _start
> +	add	lr, r0, r1
> +	add	lr, lr, r9
>   	/* setup parameters for board_init_r */
>   	mov	r0, r5		/* gd_t */
>   	mov	r1, r7		/* dest_addr */
>   	/* jump to it ... */
> -	mov	lr, r2
>   	mov	pc, lr
>
> -_board_init_r: .word board_init_r
> +_board_init_r_ofs:
> +	.word board_init_r - _start
>   #endif
>
> +_rel_dyn_start_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_start - _start
> +_rel_dyn_end_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_end - _start
> +_dynsym_start_ofs:
> +	.word __dynsym_start - _start
> +
>   /*
>    *************************************************************************
>    *
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/u-boot.lds
> index 1c4e9bc..7b53edb 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/u-boot.lds
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/u-boot.lds
> @@ -44,28 +44,38 @@ SECTIONS
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
>   	.data : {
>   		*(.data)
> -	__datarel_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel)
> -	__datarelrolocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro.local)
> -	__datarellocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.local)
> -	__datarelro_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro)
>   	}
>
> -	__got_start = .;
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	.got : { *(.got) }
>
> -	__got_end = .;
>   	. = .;
>   	__u_boot_cmd_start = .;
>   	.u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
>   	__u_boot_cmd_end = .;
>
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	__bss_start = .;
> -	.bss (NOLOAD) : { *(.bss) . = ALIGN(4); }
> -	_end = .;
> +
> +	.rel.dyn : {
> +		__rel_dyn_start = .;
> +		*(.rel*)
> +		__rel_dyn_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	.dynsym : {
> +		__dynsym_start = .;
> +		*(.dynsym)
> +	}
> +
> +	.bss __rel_dyn_start (OVERLAY) : {
> +		__bss_start = .;
> +		*(.bss)
> +		 . = ALIGN(4);
> +		_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynstr*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynamic*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.plt*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
>   }
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S
> index cad43ba..f4950f7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
>    *  Copyright (c) 2002	Gary Jennejohn<garyj at denx.de>
>    *  Copyright (c) 2003	Richard Woodruff<r-woodruff2 at ti.com>
>    *  Copyright (c) 2003	Kshitij<kshitij at ti.com>
> + *  Copyright (c) 2010	Albert Aribaud<albert.aribaud at free.fr>
>    *
>    * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
>    * project.
> @@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ _fiq:
>
>   	.balignl 16,0xdeadbeef
>
> +_vectors_end:
>
>   /*
>    *************************************************************************
> @@ -91,14 +93,17 @@ _TEXT_BASE:
>
>   /*
>    * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
> + * Subtracting _start from them lets the linker put their
> + * relative position in the executable instead of leaving
> + * them null.
>    */
> -.globl _bss_start
> -_bss_start:
> -	.word __bss_start
> +.globl _bss_start_ofs
> +_bss_start_ofs:
> +	.word __bss_start - _start
>
> -.globl _bss_end
> -_bss_end:
> -	.word _end
> +.globl _bss_end_ofs
> +_bss_end_ofs:
> +	.word _end - _start
>
>   #ifdef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
>   /* IRQ stack memory (calculated at run-time) */
> @@ -117,30 +122,6 @@ FIQ_STACK_START:
>   IRQ_STACK_START_IN:
>   	.word	0x0badc0de
>
> -.globl _datarel_start
> -_datarel_start:
> -	.word __datarel_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelrolocal_start
> -_datarelrolocal_start:
> -	.word __datarelrolocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarellocal_start
> -_datarellocal_start:
> -	.word __datarellocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelro_start
> -_datarelro_start:
> -	.word __datarelro_start
> -
> -.globl _got_start
> -_got_start:
> -	.word __got_start
> -
> -.globl _got_end
> -_got_end:
> -	.word __got_end
> -
>   /*
>    * the actual reset code
>    */
> @@ -190,9 +171,8 @@ stack_setup:
>
>   	adr	r0, _start
>   	ldr	r2, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r3, _bss_start
> -	sub	r2, r3, r2		/* r2<- size of armboot	    */
> -	add	r2, r0, r2		/* r2<- source end address	    */
> +	ldr	r3, _bss_start_ofs
> +	add	r2, r0, r3		/* r2<- source end address	    */
>   	cmp	r0, r6
>   	beq	clear_bss
>
> @@ -203,42 +183,60 @@ copy_loop:
>   	blo	copy_loop
>
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	/* fix got entries */
> -	ldr	r1, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
> -	mov	r0, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	ldr	r2, _got_start		/* addr in Flash */
> -	ldr	r3, _got_end		/* addr in Flash */
> -	sub	r3, r3, r1
> -	add	r3, r3, r0
> -	sub	r2, r2, r1
> -	add	r2, r2, r0
> -
> +	/*
> +	 * fix .rel.dyn relocations
> +	 */
> +	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE		/* r0<- Text base */
> +	sub	r9, r7, r0		/* r9<- relocation offset */
> +	ldr	r10, _dynsym_start_ofs	/* r10<- sym table ofs */
> +	add	r10, r10, r0		/* r10<- sym table in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r2, _rel_dyn_start_ofs	/* r2<- rel dyn start ofs */
> +	add	r2, r2, r0		/* r2<- rel dyn start in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r3, _rel_dyn_end_ofs	/* r3<- rel dyn end ofs */
> +	add	r3, r3, r0		/* r3<- rel dyn end in FLASH */
>   fixloop:
> -	ldr	r4, [r2]
> -	sub	r4, r4, r1
> -	add	r4, r4, r0
> -	str	r4, [r2]
> -	add	r2, r2, #4
> +	ldr	r0, [r2]		/* r0<- location to fix up, IN FLASH! */
> +	add	r0, r0, r9		/* r0<- location to fix up in RAM */
> +	ldr	r1, [r2, #4]
> +	and	r8, r1, #0xff
> +	cmp	r8, #23			/* relative fixup? */
> +	beq	fixrel
> +	cmp	r8, #2			/* absolute fixup? */
> +	beq	fixabs
> +	/* ignore unknown type of fixup */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixabs:
> +	/* absolute fix: set location to (offset) symbol value */
> +	mov	r1, r1, LSR #4		/* r1<- symbol index in .dynsym */
> +	add	r1, r10, r1		/* r1<- address of symbol in table */
> +	ldr	r1, [r1, #4]		/* r1<- symbol value */
> +	add	r1, r9			/* r1<- relocated sym addr */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixrel:
> +	/* relative fix: increase location by offset */
> +	ldr	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r1, r1, r9
> +fixnext:
> +	str	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r2, r2, #8		/* each rel.dyn entry is 8 bytes */
>   	cmp	r2, r3
>   	blo	fixloop
>   #endif
>
>   clear_bss:
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	ldr	r0, _bss_start
> -	ldr	r1, _bss_end
> +	ldr	r0, _bss_start_ofs
> +	ldr	r1, _bss_end_ofs
>   	ldr	r3, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
>   	mov	r4, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	sub	r0, r0, r3
>   	add	r0, r0, r4
> -	sub	r1, r1, r3
>   	add	r1, r1, r4
>   	mov	r2, #0x00000000		/* clear			    */
>
>   clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
>   	add	r0, r0, #4
>   	cmp	r0, r1
> -	bne	clbss_l
> +	blo	clbss_l
>   #endif
>
>   /*
> @@ -250,20 +248,27 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
>
>   _nand_boot: .word nand_boot
>   #else
> -	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r2, _board_init_r
> -	sub	r2, r2, r0
> -	add	r2, r2, r7	/* position from board_init_r in RAM */
> +	ldr	r0, _board_init_r_ofs
> +	adr	r1, _start
> +	add	lr, r0, r1
> +	add	lr, lr, r9
>   	/* setup parameters for board_init_r */
>   	mov	r0, r5		/* gd_t */
>   	mov	r1, r7		/* dest_addr */
>   	/* jump to it ... */
> -	mov	lr, r2
>   	mov	pc, lr
>
> -_board_init_r: .word board_init_r
> +_board_init_r_ofs:
> +	.word board_init_r - _start
>   #endif
>
> +_rel_dyn_start_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_start - _start
> +_rel_dyn_end_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_end - _start
> +_dynsym_start_ofs:
> +	.word __dynsym_start - _start
> +
>   /*
>    *************************************************************************
>    *
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/u-boot.lds
> index 6535963..eb91979 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/u-boot.lds
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/u-boot.lds
> @@ -41,28 +41,38 @@ SECTIONS
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
>   	.data : {
>   		*(.data)
> -	__datarel_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel)
> -	__datarelrolocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro.local)
> -	__datarellocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.local)
> -	__datarelro_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro)
>   	}
>
> -	__got_start = .;
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	.got : { *(.got) }
>
> -	__got_end = .;
>   	. = .;
>   	__u_boot_cmd_start = .;
>   	.u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
>   	__u_boot_cmd_end = .;
>
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	__bss_start = .;
> -	.bss (NOLOAD) : { *(.bss) . = ALIGN(4); }
> -	_end = .;
> +
> +	.rel.dyn : {
> +		__rel_dyn_start = .;
> +		*(.rel*)
> +		__rel_dyn_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	.dynsym : {
> +		__dynsym_start = .;
> +		*(.dynsym)
> +	}
> +
> +	.bss __rel_dyn_start (OVERLAY) : {
> +		__bss_start = .;
> +		*(.bss)
> +		 . = ALIGN(4);
> +		_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynstr*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynamic*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.plt*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
>   }
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S
> index 957ca34..fcaba30 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S
> @@ -89,14 +89,17 @@ _TEXT_BASE:
>
>   /*
>    * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
> + * Subtracting _start from them lets the linker put their
> + * relative position in the executable instead of leaving
> + * them null.
>    */
> -.globl _bss_start
> -_bss_start:
> -	.word __bss_start
> +.globl _bss_start_ofs
> +_bss_start_ofs:
> +	.word __bss_start - _start
>
> -.globl _bss_end
> -_bss_end:
> -	.word _end
> +.globl _bss_end_ofs
> +_bss_end_ofs:
> +	.word _end - _start
>
>   #ifdef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
>   /* IRQ stack memory (calculated at run-time) */
> @@ -115,30 +118,6 @@ FIQ_STACK_START:
>   IRQ_STACK_START_IN:
>   	.word	0x0badc0de
>
> -.globl _datarel_start
> -_datarel_start:
> -	.word __datarel_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelrolocal_start
> -_datarelrolocal_start:
> -	.word __datarelrolocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarellocal_start
> -_datarellocal_start:
> -	.word __datarellocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelro_start
> -_datarelro_start:
> -	.word __datarelro_start
> -
> -.globl _got_start
> -_got_start:
> -	.word __got_start
> -
> -.globl _got_end
> -_got_end:
> -	.word __got_end
> -
>   /*
>    * the actual reset code
>    */
> @@ -188,9 +167,8 @@ stack_setup:
>
>   	adr	r0, _start
>   	ldr	r2, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r3, _bss_start
> -	sub	r2, r3, r2		/* r2<- size of armboot	    */
> -	add	r2, r0, r2		/* r2<- source end address	    */
> +	ldr	r3, _bss_start_ofs
> +	add	r2, r0, r3		/* r2<- source end address	    */
>   	cmp	r0, r6
>   	beq	clear_bss
>
> @@ -201,35 +179,53 @@ copy_loop:
>   	blo	copy_loop
>
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	/* fix got entries */
> -	ldr	r1, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
> -	mov	r0, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	ldr	r2, _got_start		/* addr in Flash */
> -	ldr	r3, _got_end		/* addr in Flash */
> -	sub	r3, r3, r1
> -	add	r3, r3, r0
> -	sub	r2, r2, r1
> -	add	r2, r2, r0
> -
> +	/*
> +	 * fix .rel.dyn relocations
> +	 */
> +	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE		/* r0<- Text base */
> +	sub	r9, r7, r0		/* r9<- relocation offset */
> +	ldr	r10, _dynsym_start_ofs	/* r10<- sym table ofs */
> +	add	r10, r10, r0		/* r10<- sym table in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r2, _rel_dyn_start_ofs	/* r2<- rel dyn start ofs */
> +	add	r2, r2, r0		/* r2<- rel dyn start in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r3, _rel_dyn_end_ofs	/* r3<- rel dyn end ofs */
> +	add	r3, r3, r0		/* r3<- rel dyn end in FLASH */
>   fixloop:
> -	ldr	r4, [r2]
> -	sub	r4, r4, r1
> -	add	r4, r4, r0
> -	str	r4, [r2]
> -	add	r2, r2, #4
> +	ldr	r0, [r2]		/* r0<- location to fix up, IN FLASH! */
> +	add	r0, r0, r9		/* r0<- location to fix up in RAM */
> +	ldr	r1, [r2, #4]
> +	and	r8, r1, #0xff
> +	cmp	r8, #23			/* relative fixup? */
> +	beq	fixrel
> +	cmp	r8, #2			/* absolute fixup? */
> +	beq	fixabs
> +	/* ignore unknown type of fixup */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixabs:
> +	/* absolute fix: set location to (offset) symbol value */
> +	mov	r1, r1, LSR #4		/* r1<- symbol index in .dynsym */
> +	add	r1, r10, r1		/* r1<- address of symbol in table */
> +	ldr	r1, [r1, #4]		/* r1<- symbol value */
> +	add	r1, r9			/* r1<- relocated sym addr */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixrel:
> +	/* relative fix: increase location by offset */
> +	ldr	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r1, r1, r9
> +fixnext:
> +	str	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r2, r2, #8		/* each rel.dyn entry is 8 bytes */
>   	cmp	r2, r3
>   	blo	fixloop
>   #endif
>
>   clear_bss:
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	ldr	r0, _bss_start
> -	ldr	r1, _bss_end
> +	ldr	r0, _bss_start_ofs
> +	ldr	r1, _bss_end_ofs
>   	ldr	r3, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
>   	mov	r4, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	sub	r0, r0, r3
>   	add	r0, r0, r4
> -	sub	r1, r1, r3
>   	add	r1, r1, r4
>   	mov	r2, #0x00000000		/* clear			    */
>
> @@ -246,18 +242,33 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
>    * We are done. Do not return, instead branch to second part of board
>    * initialization, now running from RAM.
>    */
> -	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r2, _board_init_r
> -	sub	r2, r2, r0
> -	add	r2, r2, r7	/* position from board_init_r in RAM */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NAND_SPL
> +	ldr     r0, _nand_boot_ofs
> +	mov	pc, r0
> +
> +_nand_boot_ofs:
> +	.word nand_boot
> +#else
> +	ldr	r0, _board_init_r_ofs
> +	adr	r1, _start
> +	add	lr, r0, r1
> +	add	lr, lr, r9
>   	/* setup parameters for board_init_r */
>   	mov	r0, r5		/* gd_t */
>   	mov	r1, r7		/* dest_addr */
>   	/* jump to it ... */
> -	mov	lr, r2
>   	mov	pc, lr
>
> -_board_init_r: .word board_init_r
> +_board_init_r_ofs:
> +	.word board_init_r - _start
> +#endif
> +
> +_rel_dyn_start_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_start - _start
> +_rel_dyn_end_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_end - _start
> +_dynsym_start_ofs:
> +	.word __dynsym_start - _start
>
>   /*
>    *************************************************************************
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/u-boot.lds
> index 242c7ec..3b5c18d 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/u-boot.lds
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/u-boot.lds
> @@ -41,28 +41,38 @@ SECTIONS
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
>   	.data : {
>   		*(.data)
> -	__datarel_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel)
> -	__datarelrolocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro.local)
> -	__datarellocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.local)
> -	__datarelro_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro)
>   	}
>
> -	__got_start = .;
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	.got : { *(.got) }
>
> -	__got_end = .;
>   	. = .;
>   	__u_boot_cmd_start = .;
>   	.u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
>   	__u_boot_cmd_end = .;
>
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	__bss_start = .;
> -	.bss (NOLOAD) : { *(.bss) . = ALIGN(4); }
> -	_end = .;
> +
> +	.rel.dyn : {
> +		__rel_dyn_start = .;
> +		*(.rel*)
> +		__rel_dyn_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	.dynsym : {
> +		__dynsym_start = .;
> +		*(.dynsym)
> +	}
> +
> +	.bss __rel_dyn_start (OVERLAY) : {
> +		__bss_start = .;
> +		*(.bss)
> +		 . = ALIGN(4);
> +		_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynstr*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynamic*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.plt*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
>   }
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S
> index 8d1aebc..d1ab19b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S
> @@ -100,14 +100,17 @@ _TEXT_BASE:
>
>   /*
>    * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
> + * Subtracting _start from them lets the linker put their
> + * relative position in the executable instead of leaving
> + * them null.
>    */
> -.globl _bss_start
> -_bss_start:
> -	.word __bss_start
> +.globl _bss_start_ofs
> +_bss_start_ofs:
> +	.word __bss_start - _start
>
> -.globl _bss_end
> -_bss_end:
> -	.word _end
> +.globl _bss_end_ofs
> +_bss_end_ofs:
> +	.word _end - _start
>
>   #ifdef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
>   /* IRQ stack memory (calculated at run-time) */
> @@ -126,30 +129,6 @@ FIQ_STACK_START:
>   IRQ_STACK_START_IN:
>   	.word	0x0badc0de
>
> -.globl _datarel_start
> -_datarel_start:
> -	.word __datarel_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelrolocal_start
> -_datarelrolocal_start:
> -	.word __datarelrolocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarellocal_start
> -_datarellocal_start:
> -	.word __datarellocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelro_start
> -_datarelro_start:
> -	.word __datarelro_start
> -
> -.globl _got_start
> -_got_start:
> -	.word __got_start
> -
> -.globl _got_end
> -_got_end:
> -	.word __got_end
> -
>   /*
>    * the actual reset code
>    */
> @@ -314,9 +293,8 @@ stack_setup:
>
>   	adr	r0, _start
>   	ldr	r2, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r3, _bss_start
> -	sub	r2, r3, r2		/* r2<- size of armboot	    */
> -	add	r2, r0, r2		/* r2<- source end address	    */
> +	ldr	r3, _bss_start_ofs
> +	add	r2, r0, r3		/* r2<- source end address	    */
>   	cmp	r0, r6
>   	beq	clear_bss
>
> @@ -327,35 +305,53 @@ copy_loop:
>   	blo	copy_loop
>
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	/* fix got entries */
> -	ldr	r1, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
> -	mov	r0, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	ldr	r2, _got_start		/* addr in Flash */
> -	ldr	r3, _got_end		/* addr in Flash */
> -	sub	r3, r3, r1
> -	add	r3, r3, r0
> -	sub	r2, r2, r1
> -	add	r2, r2, r0
> -
> +	/*
> +	 * fix .rel.dyn relocations
> +	 */
> +	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE		/* r0<- Text base */
> +	sub	r9, r7, r0		/* r9<- relocation offset */
> +	ldr	r10, _dynsym_start_ofs	/* r10<- sym table ofs */
> +	add	r10, r10, r0		/* r10<- sym table in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r2, _rel_dyn_start_ofs	/* r2<- rel dyn start ofs */
> +	add	r2, r2, r0		/* r2<- rel dyn start in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r3, _rel_dyn_end_ofs	/* r3<- rel dyn end ofs */
> +	add	r3, r3, r0		/* r3<- rel dyn end in FLASH */
>   fixloop:
> -	ldr	r4, [r2]
> -	sub	r4, r4, r1
> -	add	r4, r4, r0
> -	str	r4, [r2]
> -	add	r2, r2, #4
> +	ldr	r0, [r2]		/* r0<- location to fix up, IN FLASH! */
> +	add	r0, r0, r9		/* r0<- location to fix up in RAM */
> +	ldr	r1, [r2, #4]
> +	and	r8, r1, #0xff
> +	cmp	r8, #23			/* relative fixup? */
> +	beq	fixrel
> +	cmp	r8, #2			/* absolute fixup? */
> +	beq	fixabs
> +	/* ignore unknown type of fixup */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixabs:
> +	/* absolute fix: set location to (offset) symbol value */
> +	mov	r1, r1, LSR #4		/* r1<- symbol index in .dynsym */
> +	add	r1, r10, r1		/* r1<- address of symbol in table */
> +	ldr	r1, [r1, #4]		/* r1<- symbol value */
> +	add	r1, r9			/* r1<- relocated sym addr */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixrel:
> +	/* relative fix: increase location by offset */
> +	ldr	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r1, r1, r9
> +fixnext:
> +	str	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r2, r2, #8		/* each rel.dyn entry is 8 bytes */
>   	cmp	r2, r3
>   	blo	fixloop
>   #endif
>
>   clear_bss:
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	ldr	r0, _bss_start
> -	ldr	r1, _bss_end
> +	ldr	r0, _bss_start_ofs
> +	ldr	r1, _bss_end_ofs
>   	ldr	r3, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
>   	mov	r4, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	sub	r0, r0, r3
>   	add	r0, r0, r4
> -	sub	r1, r1, r3
>   	add	r1, r1, r4
>   	mov	r2, #0x00000000		/* clear			    */
>
> @@ -372,19 +368,25 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
>    * We are done. Do not return, instead branch to second part of board
>    * initialization, now running from RAM.
>    */
> -	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r2, _board_init_r
> -	sub	r2, r2, r0
> -	add	r2, r2, r7	/* position from board_init_r in RAM */
> +	ldr	r0, _board_init_r_ofs
> +	adr	r1, _start
> +	add	lr, r0, r1
> +	add	lr, lr, r9
>   	/* setup parameters for board_init_r */
>   	mov	r0, r5		/* gd_t */
>   	mov	r1, r7		/* dest_addr */
>   	/* jump to it ... */
> -	mov	lr, r2
>   	mov	pc, lr
>
> -_board_init_r: .word board_init_r
> +_board_init_r_ofs:
> +	.word board_init_r - _start
>
> +_rel_dyn_start_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_start - _start
> +_rel_dyn_end_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_end - _start
> +_dynsym_start_ofs:
> +	.word __dynsym_start - _start
>
>   /****************************************************************************/
>   /*									    */
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/u-boot.lds
> index f3d9dc5..a55eb8a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/u-boot.lds
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/u-boot.lds
> @@ -41,28 +41,38 @@ SECTIONS
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
>   	.data : {
>   		*(.data)
> -	__datarel_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel)
> -	__datarelrolocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro.local)
> -	__datarellocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.local)
> -	__datarelro_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro)
>   	}
>
> -	__got_start = .;
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	.got : { *(.got) }
>
> -	__got_end = .;
>   	. = .;
>   	__u_boot_cmd_start = .;
>   	.u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
>   	__u_boot_cmd_end = .;
>
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	__bss_start = .;
> -	.bss (NOLOAD) : { *(.bss) . = ALIGN(4); }
> -	_end = .;
> +
> +	.rel.dyn : {
> +		__rel_dyn_start = .;
> +		*(.rel*)
> +		__rel_dyn_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	.dynsym : {
> +		__dynsym_start = .;
> +		*(.dynsym)
> +	}
> +
> +	.bss __rel_dyn_start (OVERLAY) : {
> +		__bss_start = .;
> +		*(.bss)
> +		 . = ALIGN(4);
> +		_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynstr*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynamic*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.plt*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
>   }
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/lh7a40x/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/lh7a40x/start.S
> index fd8a40b..5cf477b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/lh7a40x/start.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/lh7a40x/start.S
> @@ -77,14 +77,17 @@ _TEXT_BASE:
>
>   /*
>    * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
> + * Subtracting _start from them lets the linker put their
> + * relative position in the executable instead of leaving
> + * them null.
>    */
> -.globl _bss_start
> -_bss_start:
> -	.word __bss_start
> +.globl _bss_start_ofs
> +_bss_start_ofs:
> +	.word __bss_start - _start
>
> -.globl _bss_end
> -_bss_end:
> -	.word _end
> +.globl _bss_end_ofs
> +_bss_end_ofs:
> +	.word _end - _start
>
>   #ifdef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
>   /* IRQ stack memory (calculated at run-time) */
> @@ -103,30 +106,6 @@ FIQ_STACK_START:
>   IRQ_STACK_START_IN:
>   	.word	0x0badc0de
>
> -.globl _datarel_start
> -_datarel_start:
> -	.word __datarel_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelrolocal_start
> -_datarelrolocal_start:
> -	.word __datarelrolocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarellocal_start
> -_datarellocal_start:
> -	.word __datarellocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelro_start
> -_datarelro_start:
> -	.word __datarelro_start
> -
> -.globl _got_start
> -_got_start:
> -	.word __got_start
> -
> -.globl _got_end
> -_got_end:
> -	.word __got_end
> -
>   /*
>    * the actual reset code
>    */
> @@ -201,9 +180,8 @@ stack_setup:
>
>   	adr	r0, _start
>   	ldr	r2, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r3, _bss_start
> -	sub	r2, r3, r2		/* r2<- size of armboot	    */
> -	add	r2, r0, r2		/* r2<- source end address	    */
> +	ldr	r3, _bss_start_ofs
> +	add	r2, r0, r3		/* r2<- source end address	    */
>   	cmp	r0, r6
>   	beq	clear_bss
>
> @@ -214,35 +192,53 @@ copy_loop:
>   	blo	copy_loop
>
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	/* fix got entries */
> -	ldr	r1, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
> -	mov	r0, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	ldr	r2, _got_start		/* addr in Flash */
> -	ldr	r3, _got_end		/* addr in Flash */
> -	sub	r3, r3, r1
> -	add	r3, r3, r0
> -	sub	r2, r2, r1
> -	add	r2, r2, r0
> -
> +	/*
> +	 * fix .rel.dyn relocations
> +	 */
> +	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE		/* r0<- Text base */
> +	sub	r9, r7, r0		/* r9<- relocation offset */
> +	ldr	r10, _dynsym_start_ofs	/* r10<- sym table ofs */
> +	add	r10, r10, r0		/* r10<- sym table in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r2, _rel_dyn_start_ofs	/* r2<- rel dyn start ofs */
> +	add	r2, r2, r0		/* r2<- rel dyn start in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r3, _rel_dyn_end_ofs	/* r3<- rel dyn end ofs */
> +	add	r3, r3, r0		/* r3<- rel dyn end in FLASH */
>   fixloop:
> -	ldr	r4, [r2]
> -	sub	r4, r4, r1
> -	add	r4, r4, r0
> -	str	r4, [r2]
> -	add	r2, r2, #4
> +	ldr	r0, [r2]		/* r0<- location to fix up, IN FLASH! */
> +	add	r0, r0, r9		/* r0<- location to fix up in RAM */
> +	ldr	r1, [r2, #4]
> +	and	r8, r1, #0xff
> +	cmp	r8, #23			/* relative fixup? */
> +	beq	fixrel
> +	cmp	r8, #2			/* absolute fixup? */
> +	beq	fixabs
> +	/* ignore unknown type of fixup */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixabs:
> +	/* absolute fix: set location to (offset) symbol value */
> +	mov	r1, r1, LSR #4		/* r1<- symbol index in .dynsym */
> +	add	r1, r10, r1		/* r1<- address of symbol in table */
> +	ldr	r1, [r1, #4]		/* r1<- symbol value */
> +	add	r1, r9			/* r1<- relocated sym addr */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixrel:
> +	/* relative fix: increase location by offset */
> +	ldr	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r1, r1, r9
> +fixnext:
> +	str	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r2, r2, #8		/* each rel.dyn entry is 8 bytes */
>   	cmp	r2, r3
>   	blo	fixloop
>   #endif
>
>   clear_bss:
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	ldr	r0, _bss_start
> -	ldr	r1, _bss_end
> +	ldr	r0, _bss_start_ofs
> +	ldr	r1, _bss_end_ofs
>   	ldr	r3, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
>   	mov	r4, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	sub	r0, r0, r3
>   	add	r0, r0, r4
> -	sub	r1, r1, r3
>   	add	r1, r1, r4
>   	mov	r2, #0x00000000		/* clear			    */
>
> @@ -256,18 +252,25 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
>    * We are done. Do not return, instead branch to second part of board
>    * initialization, now running from RAM.
>    */
> -	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r2, _board_init_r
> -	sub	r2, r2, r0
> -	add	r2, r2, r7	/* position from board_init_r in RAM */
> +	ldr	r0, _board_init_r_ofs
> +	adr	r1, _start
> +	add	lr, r0, r1
> +	add	lr, lr, r9
>   	/* setup parameters for board_init_r */
>   	mov	r0, r5		/* gd_t */
>   	mov	r1, r7		/* dest_addr */
>   	/* jump to it ... */
> -	mov	lr, r2
>   	mov	pc, lr
>
> -_board_init_r: .word board_init_r
> +_board_init_r_ofs:
> +	.word board_init_r - _start
> +
> +_rel_dyn_start_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_start - _start
> +_rel_dyn_end_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_end - _start
> +_dynsym_start_ofs:
> +	.word __dynsym_start - _start
>
>   /*
>    *************************************************************************
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/lh7a40x/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/lh7a40x/u-boot.lds
> index cb55b0a..463237d 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/lh7a40x/u-boot.lds
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/lh7a40x/u-boot.lds
> @@ -41,28 +41,38 @@ SECTIONS
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
>   	.data : {
>   		*(.data)
> -	__datarel_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel)
> -	__datarelrolocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro.local)
> -	__datarellocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.local)
> -	__datarelro_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro)
>   	}
>
> -	__got_start = .;
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	.got : { *(.got) }
>
> -	__got_end = .;
>   	. = .;
>   	__u_boot_cmd_start = .;
>   	.u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
>   	__u_boot_cmd_end = .;
>
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	__bss_start = .;
> -	.bss (NOLOAD) : { *(.bss) . = ALIGN(4); }
> -	_end = .;
> +
> +	.rel.dyn : {
> +		__rel_dyn_start = .;
> +		*(.rel*)
> +		__rel_dyn_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	.dynsym : {
> +		__dynsym_start = .;
> +		*(.dynsym)
> +	}
> +
> +	.bss __rel_dyn_start (OVERLAY) : {
> +		__bss_start = .;
> +		*(.bss)
> +		 . = ALIGN(4);
> +		_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynstr*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynamic*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.plt*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
>   }
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S
> index 67b2c6a..8c7100c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S
> @@ -68,14 +68,17 @@ _TEXT_BASE:
>
>   /*
>    * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
> + * Subtracting _start from them lets the linker put their
> + * relative position in the executable instead of leaving
> + * them null.
>    */
> -.globl _bss_start
> -_bss_start:
> -	.word __bss_start
> +.globl _bss_start_ofs
> +_bss_start_ofs:
> +	.word __bss_start - _start
>
> -.globl _bss_end
> -_bss_end:
> -	.word _end
> +.globl _bss_end_ofs
> +_bss_end_ofs:
> +	.word _end - _start
>
>   #ifdef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
>   /* IRQ stack memory (calculated at run-time) */
> @@ -94,30 +97,6 @@ FIQ_STACK_START:
>   IRQ_STACK_START_IN:
>   	.word	0x0badc0de
>
> -.globl _datarel_start
> -_datarel_start:
> -	.word __datarel_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelrolocal_start
> -_datarelrolocal_start:
> -	.word __datarelrolocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarellocal_start
> -_datarellocal_start:
> -	.word __datarellocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelro_start
> -_datarelro_start:
> -	.word __datarelro_start
> -
> -.globl _got_start
> -_got_start:
> -	.word __got_start
> -
> -.globl _got_end
> -_got_end:
> -	.word __got_end
> -
>   /*
>    * the actual reset code
>    */
> @@ -173,9 +152,8 @@ stack_setup:
>
>   	adr	r0, _start
>   	ldr	r2, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r3, _bss_start
> -	sub	r2, r3, r2		/* r2<- size of armboot	    */
> -	add	r2, r0, r2		/* r2<- source end address	    */
> +	ldr	r3, _bss_start_ofs
> +	add	r2, r0, r3		/* r2<- source end address	    */
>   	cmp	r0, r6
>   	beq	clear_bss
>
> @@ -186,47 +164,53 @@ copy_loop:
>   	blo	copy_loop
>
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	/* fix got entries */
> -	ldr	r1, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
> -	mov	r0, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	ldr	r2, _got_start		/* addr in Flash */
> -	ldr	r3, _got_end		/* addr in Flash */
> -	sub	r3, r3, r1
> -	add	r3, r3, r0
> -	sub	r2, r2, r1
> -	add	r2, r2, r0
> -
> +	/*
> +	 * fix .rel.dyn relocations
> +	 */
> +	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE		/* r0<- Text base */
> +	sub	r9, r7, r0		/* r9<- relocation offset */
> +	ldr	r10, _dynsym_start_ofs	/* r10<- sym table ofs */
> +	add	r10, r10, r0		/* r10<- sym table in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r2, _rel_dyn_start_ofs	/* r2<- rel dyn start ofs */
> +	add	r2, r2, r0		/* r2<- rel dyn start in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r3, _rel_dyn_end_ofs	/* r3<- rel dyn end ofs */
> +	add	r3, r3, r0		/* r3<- rel dyn end in FLASH */
>   fixloop:
> -	ldr	r4, [r2]
> -	sub	r4, r4, r1
> -	add	r4, r4, r0
> -	str	r4, [r2]
> -	add	r2, r2, #4
> +	ldr	r0, [r2]		/* r0<- location to fix up, IN FLASH! */
> +	add	r0, r0, r9		/* r0<- location to fix up in RAM */
> +	ldr	r1, [r2, #4]
> +	and	r8, r1, #0xff
> +	cmp	r8, #23			/* relative fixup? */
> +	beq	fixrel
> +	cmp	r8, #2			/* absolute fixup? */
> +	beq	fixabs
> +	/* ignore unknown type of fixup */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixabs:
> +	/* absolute fix: set location to (offset) symbol value */
> +	mov	r1, r1, LSR #4		/* r1<- symbol index in .dynsym */
> +	add	r1, r10, r1		/* r1<- address of symbol in table */
> +	ldr	r1, [r1, #4]		/* r1<- symbol value */
> +	add	r1, r9			/* r1<- relocated sym addr */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixrel:
> +	/* relative fix: increase location by offset */
> +	ldr	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r1, r1, r9
> +fixnext:
> +	str	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r2, r2, #8		/* each rel.dyn entry is 8 bytes */
>   	cmp	r2, r3
>   	blo	fixloop
>   #endif
> -/*
> -	now copy to sram the interrupt vector
> -*/
> -	adr	r0, real_vectors
> -	add	r2, r0, #1024
> -	ldr	r1, =0x0c000000
> -	add	r1, r1, #0x08
> -vector_copy_loop:
> -	ldmia	r0!, {r3-r10}
> -	stmia	r1!, {r3-r10}
> -	cmp	r0, r2
> -	blo	vector_copy_loop
>
>   clear_bss:
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	ldr	r0, _bss_start
> -	ldr	r1, _bss_end
> +	ldr	r0, _bss_start_ofs
> +	ldr	r1, _bss_end_ofs
>   	ldr	r3, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
>   	mov	r4, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	sub	r0, r0, r3
>   	add	r0, r0, r4
> -	sub	r1, r1, r3
>   	add	r1, r1, r4
>   	mov	r2, #0x00000000		/* clear			    */
>
> @@ -243,18 +227,25 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
>    * We are done. Do not return, instead branch to second part of board
>    * initialization, now running from RAM.
>    */
> -	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r2, _board_init_r
> -	sub	r2, r2, r0
> -	add	r2, r2, r7	/* position from board_init_r in RAM */
> +	ldr	r0, _board_init_r_ofs
> +	adr	r1, _start
> +	add	lr, r0, r1
> +	add	lr, lr, r9
>   	/* setup parameters for board_init_r */
>   	mov	r0, r5		/* gd_t */
>   	mov	r1, r7		/* dest_addr */
>   	/* jump to it ... */
> -	mov	lr, r2
>   	mov	pc, lr
>
> -_board_init_r: .word board_init_r
> +_board_init_r_ofs:
> +	.word board_init_r - _start
> +
> +_rel_dyn_start_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_start - _start
> +_rel_dyn_end_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_end - _start
> +_dynsym_start_ofs:
> +	.word __dynsym_start - _start
>
>   /*
>    *************************************************************************
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/u-boot.lds
> index bbc8c3a..ac29440 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/u-boot.lds
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/u-boot.lds
> @@ -41,28 +41,38 @@ SECTIONS
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
>   	.data : {
>   		*(.data)
> -	__datarel_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel)
> -	__datarelrolocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro.local)
> -	__datarellocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.local)
> -	__datarelro_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro)
>   	}
>
> -	__got_start = .;
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	.got : { *(.got) }
>
> -	__got_end = .;
>   	. = .;
>   	__u_boot_cmd_start = .;
>   	.u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
>   	__u_boot_cmd_end = .;
>
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	__bss_start = .;
> -	.bss (NOLOAD) : { *(.bss) . = ALIGN(4); }
> -	_end = .;
> +
> +	.rel.dyn : {
> +		__rel_dyn_start = .;
> +		*(.rel*)
> +		__rel_dyn_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	.dynsym : {
> +		__dynsym_start = .;
> +		*(.dynsym)
> +	}
> +
> +	.bss __rel_dyn_start (OVERLAY) : {
> +		__bss_start = .;
> +		*(.bss)
> +		 . = ALIGN(4);
> +		_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynstr*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynamic*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.plt*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
>   }
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S
> index ace0c07..36d44da 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S
> @@ -78,14 +78,17 @@ _TEXT_BASE:
>
>   /*
>    * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
> + * Subtracting _start from them lets the linker put their
> + * relative position in the executable instead of leaving
> + * them null.
>    */
> -.globl _bss_start
> -_bss_start:
> -	.word __bss_start
> +.globl _bss_start_ofs
> +_bss_start_ofs:
> +	.word __bss_start - _start
>
> -.globl _bss_end
> -_bss_end:
> -	.word _end
> +.globl _bss_end_ofs
> +_bss_end_ofs:
> +	.word _end - _start
>
>   #ifdef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
>   /* IRQ stack memory (calculated at run-time) */
> @@ -104,30 +107,6 @@ FIQ_STACK_START:
>   IRQ_STACK_START_IN:
>   	.word	0x0badc0de
>
> -.globl _datarel_start
> -_datarel_start:
> -	.word __datarel_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelrolocal_start
> -_datarelrolocal_start:
> -	.word __datarelrolocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarellocal_start
> -_datarellocal_start:
> -	.word __datarellocal_start
> -
> -.globl _datarelro_start
> -_datarelro_start:
> -	.word __datarelro_start
> -
> -.globl _got_start
> -_got_start:
> -	.word __got_start
> -
> -.globl _got_end
> -_got_end:
> -	.word __got_end
> -
>   /*
>    * the actual reset code
>    */
> @@ -177,9 +156,8 @@ stack_setup:
>
>   	adr	r0, _start
>   	ldr	r2, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r3, _bss_start
> -	sub	r2, r3, r2		/* r2<- size of armboot	    */
> -	add	r2, r0, r2		/* r2<- source end address	    */
> +	ldr	r3, _bss_start_ofs
> +	add	r2, r0, r3		/* r2<- source end address	    */
>   	cmp	r0, r6
>   	beq	clear_bss
>
> @@ -190,35 +168,53 @@ copy_loop:
>   	blo	copy_loop
>
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	/* fix got entries */
> -	ldr	r1, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
> -	mov	r0, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	ldr	r2, _got_start		/* addr in Flash */
> -	ldr	r3, _got_end		/* addr in Flash */
> -	sub	r3, r3, r1
> -	add	r3, r3, r0
> -	sub	r2, r2, r1
> -	add	r2, r2, r0
> -
> +	/*
> +	 * fix .rel.dyn relocations
> +	 */
> +	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE		/* r0<- Text base */
> +	sub	r9, r7, r0		/* r9<- relocation offset */
> +	ldr	r10, _dynsym_start_ofs	/* r10<- sym table ofs */
> +	add	r10, r10, r0		/* r10<- sym table in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r2, _rel_dyn_start_ofs	/* r2<- rel dyn start ofs */
> +	add	r2, r2, r0		/* r2<- rel dyn start in FLASH */
> +	ldr	r3, _rel_dyn_end_ofs	/* r3<- rel dyn end ofs */
> +	add	r3, r3, r0		/* r3<- rel dyn end in FLASH */
>   fixloop:
> -	ldr	r4, [r2]
> -	sub	r4, r4, r1
> -	add	r4, r4, r0
> -	str	r4, [r2]
> -	add	r2, r2, #4
> +	ldr	r0, [r2]		/* r0<- location to fix up, IN FLASH! */
> +	add	r0, r0, r9		/* r0<- location to fix up in RAM */
> +	ldr	r1, [r2, #4]
> +	and	r8, r1, #0xff
> +	cmp	r8, #23			/* relative fixup? */
> +	beq	fixrel
> +	cmp	r8, #2			/* absolute fixup? */
> +	beq	fixabs
> +	/* ignore unknown type of fixup */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixabs:
> +	/* absolute fix: set location to (offset) symbol value */
> +	mov	r1, r1, LSR #4		/* r1<- symbol index in .dynsym */
> +	add	r1, r10, r1		/* r1<- address of symbol in table */
> +	ldr	r1, [r1, #4]		/* r1<- symbol value */
> +	add	r1, r9			/* r1<- relocated sym addr */
> +	b	fixnext
> +fixrel:
> +	/* relative fix: increase location by offset */
> +	ldr	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r1, r1, r9
> +fixnext:
> +	str	r1, [r0]
> +	add	r2, r2, #8		/* each rel.dyn entry is 8 bytes */
>   	cmp	r2, r3
>   	blo	fixloop
>   #endif
>
>   clear_bss:
>   #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
> -	ldr	r0, _bss_start
> -	ldr	r1, _bss_end
> +	ldr	r0, _bss_start_ofs
> +	ldr	r1, _bss_end_ofs
>   	ldr	r3, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
>   	mov	r4, r7			/* reloc addr */
> -	sub	r0, r0, r3
>   	add	r0, r0, r4
> -	sub	r1, r1, r3
>   	add	r1, r1, r4
>   	mov	r2, #0x00000000		/* clear			    */
>
> @@ -232,18 +228,25 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
>    * We are done. Do not return, instead branch to second part of board
>    * initialization, now running from RAM.
>    */
> -	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE
> -	ldr	r2, _board_init_r
> -	sub	r2, r2, r0
> -	add	r2, r2, r7	/* position from board_init_r in RAM */
> +	ldr	r0, _board_init_r_ofs
> +	adr	r1, _start
> +	add	lr, r0, r1
> +	add	lr, lr, r9
>   	/* setup parameters for board_init_r */
>   	mov	r0, r5		/* gd_t */
>   	mov	r1, r7		/* dest_addr */
>   	/* jump to it ... */
> -	mov	lr, r2
>   	mov	pc, lr
>
> -_board_init_r: .word board_init_r
> +_board_init_r_ofs:
> +	.word board_init_r - _start
> +
> +_rel_dyn_start_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_start - _start
> +_rel_dyn_end_ofs:
> +	.word __rel_dyn_end - _start
> +_dynsym_start_ofs:
> +	.word __dynsym_start - _start
>
>   /*
>    *************************************************************************
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/u-boot.lds
> index 2e29291..fa6d05c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/u-boot.lds
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/u-boot.lds
> @@ -44,28 +44,38 @@ SECTIONS
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
>   	.data : {
>   		*(.data)
> -	__datarel_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel)
> -	__datarelrolocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro.local)
> -	__datarellocal_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.local)
> -	__datarelro_start = .;
> -		*(.data.rel.ro)
>   	}
>
> -	__got_start = .;
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	.got : { *(.got) }
>
> -	__got_end = .;
>   	. = .;
>   	__u_boot_cmd_start = .;
>   	.u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
>   	__u_boot_cmd_end = .;
>
>   	. = ALIGN(4);
> -	__bss_start = .;
> -	.bss (NOLOAD) : { *(.bss) . = ALIGN(4); }
> -	_end = .;
> +
> +	.rel.dyn : {
> +		__rel_dyn_start = .;
> +		*(.rel*)
> +		__rel_dyn_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	.dynsym : {
> +		__dynsym_start = .;
> +		*(.dynsym)
> +	}
> +
> +	.bss __rel_dyn_start (OVERLAY) : {
> +		__bss_start = .;
> +		*(.bss)
> +		 . = ALIGN(4);
> +		_end = .;
> +	}
> +
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynstr*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynamic*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.plt*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
>   }



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