[U-Boot] [RFC PATCH] dm: Add support for all targets which requires MANUAL_RELOC

[Simon Glass]

On 4 February 2015 at 23:31, Michal Simek <michal.simek at xilinx.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 02/05/2015 04:07 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
>> Hi Michal,
>>
>> On 3 February 2015 at 17:40, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>>> Hi Michal,
>>>
>>> On 3 February 2015 at 02:11, Michal Simek <michal.simek at xilinx.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Simon,
>>>>
>>>> On 02/03/2015 03:02 AM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>>>>> Hi.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2015 16:57:15 -0700
>>>>> Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Michal,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2 February 2015 at 08:31, Michal Simek <michal.simek at xilinx.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Targets with CONFIG_NEEDS_MANUAL_RELOC do not use REL/RELA
>>>>>>> relocation (mostly only GOT) where functions aray are not
>>>>>>> updated. This patch is fixing function pointers for DM core
>>>>>>> and serial-uclass to ensure that relocated functions are called.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek at xilinx.com>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  drivers/core/root.c            | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>  drivers/serial/serial-uclass.c | 16 +++++++++++
>>>>>>>  2 files changed, 80 insertions(+)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How long will we have to carry this patch? It seems that if we add any
>>>>>> new driver we will have to add more code like this?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This patch is unfortunate.
>>>>> Can we discontinue CONFIG_NEEDS_MANUAL_RELOC some day?
>>>>
>>>> This patch (or similar one) has to be alive when we have platform
>>>> which requires CONFIG_NEEDS_MANUAL_RELOC for full u-boot.
>>>> There is an option to move to REL/RELA but the question is if
>>>> all platforms have it/support it. Unfortunately I think that
>>>> it will be in the tree for a long time.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If we use SPL, we do not have to relocate code, I think.
>>>>
>>>> SPL doesn't have relocation that's why this code is not used there.
>>>
>>> Maybe I asked this before, but when can we remove
>>> CONFIG_NEEDS_MANUAL_RELOC? What platforms need it?
>>
>> Sorry if you answered these questions but can you please resend if so
>> as I missed it.
>
> Graeme has answered it + my response here.
> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2015-February/203911.html
>
> removing: When all platforms are moved to REL/RELA we can remove this
> manual reloc option.

With a heavy heart:

Acked-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>