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

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Fri Sep 4 16:09:41 CEST 2015


Hi Thomas,

On 4 September 2015 at 06:22, Thomas Chou <thomas at wytron.com.tw> 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(+)

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

>
> 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.

comment style:

/*
 * _end -

> +        * 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
>

Regards,
Simon


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