[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 6/8] nios2: define _end in link script

Thomas Chou thomas at wytron.com.tw
Fri Sep 4 14:22:21 CEST 2015


Since commit 44c6e6591cb451ae606f8bde71dd5fb7b4002544
"rename _end to __bss_end__" , the _end was removed.
But we need it now for separated device tree control,
ie, CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE .

The _end is used by fdtdec_setup() to find the blob.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Chou <thomas at wytron.com.tw>
---
 arch/nios2/cpu/u-boot.lds | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/nios2/cpu/u-boot.lds b/arch/nios2/cpu/u-boot.lds
index 951785c..535a974 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/cpu/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/nios2/cpu/u-boot.lds
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ SECTIONS
 	_edata = .;
 	PROVIDE (edata = .);
 
+	/* _end - This is end of u-boot.bin image.
+	 * dtb will be appended here to make u-boot-dtb.bin
+         */
+	_end = .;
+
 	/* UNINIT DATA - Small uninitialized data is first so it's
 	 * adjacent to sdata and can be referenced via gp. The normal
 	 * bss follows. We keep it adjacent to simplify init code.
-- 
2.1.4



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