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

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Fri Sep 4 16:01:16 CEST 2015


On Friday, September 04, 2015 at 02:22:21 PM, Thomas Chou wrote:
> 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 = .;

Same comment about the comment as in the previous patch, but otherwise:

Acked-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>

>  	/* 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.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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