[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/4] ARM: enable Thumb build

[Aneesh V]

Enable Thumb build and ARM-Thumb interworking based on the new
config flag CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD

Signed-off-by: Aneesh V <aneesh at ti.com>
---
Changes from RFC to V1:
- Fixed review comments from Tom Rini <trini at ti.com>
---
 README             |    9 +++++++++
 arch/arm/config.mk |   20 ++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 4343057..5345ad2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -420,6 +420,15 @@ The following options need to be configured:
 		XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
 		be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
 
+- ARM Options:
+		CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD
+
+		Use this flag to build U-Boot using the Thumb instruction
+		set for ARM architectures. Thumb instruction set provides
+		better code density. For ARM architectures that support
+		Thumb2 this flag will result in Thumb2 code generated by
+		GCC.
+
 - Linux Kernel Interface:
 		CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/config.mk b/arch/arm/config.mk
index 45f9dca..de9aa53 100644
--- a/arch/arm/config.mk
+++ b/arch/arm/config.mk
@@ -33,25 +33,33 @@ endif
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_ARM -D__ARM__
 
-# Explicitly specifiy 32-bit ARM ISA since toolchain default can be -mthumb:
+# Choose between ARM/Thumb instruction sets
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD),y)
+PF_CPPFLAGS_ARM := $(call cc-option, -mthumb -mthumb-interwork,\
+			$(call cc-option,-marm,)\
+			$(call cc-option,-mno-thumb-interwork,)\
+		)
+else
 PF_CPPFLAGS_ARM := $(call cc-option,-marm,)
+PF_CPPFLAGS_ARM += $(call cc-option,-mno-thumb-interwork,)
+endif
 
 # Try if EABI is supported, else fall back to old API,
 # i. e. for example:
 # - with ELDK 4.2 (EABI supported), use:
-#	-mabi=aapcs-linux -mno-thumb-interwork
+#	-mabi=aapcs-linux
 # - with ELDK 4.1 (gcc 4.x, no EABI), use:
-#	-mabi=apcs-gnu -mno-thumb-interwork
+#	-mabi=apcs-gnu
 # - with ELDK 3.1 (gcc 3.x), use:
-#	-mapcs-32 -mno-thumb-interwork
+#	-mapcs-32
 PF_CPPFLAGS_ABI := $(call cc-option,\
-			-mabi=aapcs-linux -mno-thumb-interwork,\
+			-mabi=aapcs-linux,\
 			$(call cc-option,\
 				-mapcs-32,\
 				$(call cc-option,\
 					-mabi=apcs-gnu,\
 				)\
-			) $(call cc-option,-mno-thumb-interwork,)\
+			)\
 		)
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(PF_CPPFLAGS_ARM) $(PF_CPPFLAGS_ABI)
 
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