[U-Boot] [PATCH v5 01/18] arm: boot0 hook: move boot0 hook before '_start'

Philipp Tomsich philipp.tomsich at theobroma-systems.com
Tue Oct 10 14:21:01 UTC 2017


The boot0 hook on ARM does not insert its payload before the vector
table. This is both a mismatch with thec comment above it and
contradict usage of the boot0 hook on ARM64.

To fix this (and unify the semantics for ARM and ARM64), we change the
boot0-hook semantics on ARM to match those on ARM64:
  (1) if a boot0-hook is present it is inserted at the start of
      the image
  (2) if a boot0-hook is present, emitting the ARM vector table
      (and the _start) symbol are suppressed in vectors.S and
      the boot0-hook has full control over where and when it
      wants to emit these

Signed-off-by: Philipp Tomsich <philipp.tomsich at theobroma-systems.com>
---

Changes in v5: None
Changes in v4: None
Changes in v3: None
Changes in v2: None

 arch/arm/include/asm/arch-rockchip/boot0.h |  1 -
 arch/arm/lib/vectors.S                     | 54 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-rockchip/boot0.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-rockchip/boot0.h
index 72d264b..455d842 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-rockchip/boot0.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-rockchip/boot0.h
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /*
  * Copyright 2017 Theobroma Systems Design und Consulting GmbH
  *
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/vectors.S b/arch/arm/lib/vectors.S
index 1019091..9cb0d2e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/vectors.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/vectors.S
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@
 #include <config.h>
 
 /*
+ * A macro to allow insertion of an ARM exception vector either
+ * for the non-boot0 case or by a boot0-header.
+ */
+        .macro ARM_VECTORS
+	b	reset
+	ldr	pc, _undefined_instruction
+	ldr	pc, _software_interrupt
+	ldr	pc, _prefetch_abort
+	ldr	pc, _data_abort
+	ldr	pc, _not_used
+	ldr	pc, _irq
+	ldr	pc, _fiq
+	.endm
+
+
+/*
  *************************************************************************
  *
  * Symbol _start is referenced elsewhere, so make it global
@@ -35,6 +51,23 @@
 
 	.section ".vectors", "ax"
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_ENABLE_ARM_SOC_BOOT0_HOOK)
+/*
+ * Various SoCs need something special and SoC-specific up front in
+ * order to boot, allow them to set that in their boot0.h file and then
+ * use it here.
+ *
+ * To allow a boot0 hook to insert a 'special' sequence after the vector
+ * table (e.g. for the socfpga), the presence of a boot0 hook supresses
+ * the below vector table and assumes that the vector table is filled in
+ * by the boot0 hook.  The requirements for a boot0 hook thus are:
+ *   (1) defines '_start:' as appropriate
+ *   (2) inserts the vector table using ARM_VECTORS as appropriate
+ */
+#include <asm/arch/boot0.h>
+
+#else
+
 /*
  *************************************************************************
  *
@@ -46,28 +79,11 @@
  */
 
 _start:
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_DV_NOR_BOOT_CFG
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_DV_NOR_BOOT_CFG
 #endif
-
-	b	reset
-	ldr	pc, _undefined_instruction
-	ldr	pc, _software_interrupt
-	ldr	pc, _prefetch_abort
-	ldr	pc, _data_abort
-	ldr	pc, _not_used
-	ldr	pc, _irq
-	ldr	pc, _fiq
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_ENABLE_ARM_SOC_BOOT0_HOOK
-/*
- * Various SoCs need something special and SoC-specific up front in
- * order to boot, allow them to set that in their boot0.h file and then
- * use it here.
- */
-#include <asm/arch/boot0.h>
-#endif
+	ARM_VECTORS
+#endif /* !defined(CONFIG_ENABLE_ARM_SOC_BOOT0_HOOK) */
 
 /*
  *************************************************************************
-- 
2.1.4



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