[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 26/62] x86: board_r: Set the global data pointer after relocation

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Mon Jan 16 15:03:51 CET 2017


Since 'gd' is just a normal variable on 64-bit x86, it is relocated by the
time we get to board_init_r(). The old 'gd' variable is passed in as
parameter to board_init_r(), presumably for this situation.

Assign it on 64-bit x86 so that gd points to the correct data.

Options to improve this:
- Make gd a fixed register and remove the board_init_r() parameter
- Make all archs use this board_init_r() parameter

The second has a TODO in the code. The first has a TODO in a future commit
('x86: Support global_data on x86_64')

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

Changes in v3:
- Add a TODO to board_init_r() regarding the use of the new_gd parameter

Changes in v2: None

 common/board_r.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/common/board_r.c b/common/board_r.c
index 1bdd5a35366..ddfb1e1fcad 100644
--- a/common/board_r.c
+++ b/common/board_r.c
@@ -974,6 +974,16 @@ static init_fnc_t init_sequence_r[] = {
 
 void board_init_r(gd_t *new_gd, ulong dest_addr)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Set up the new global data pointer. So far only x86 does this
+	 * here.
+	 * TODO(sjg at chromium.org): Consider doing this for all archs, or
+	 * dropping the new_gd parameter.
+	 */
+#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(X86_64)
+	arch_setup_gd(new_gd);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NEEDS_MANUAL_RELOC
 	int i;
 #endif
-- 
2.11.0.483.g087da7b7c-goog



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