[PATCH u-boot] powerpc/mpc85xx: Disable AltiVec and VSX instructions

Pali Rohár pali at kernel.org
Mon Dec 19 22:46:22 CET 2022


All vector instructions on powerpc mpc85xx must not be used because U-Boot
does not enable them. Usage cause random crashes. SPE vector instructions
are already disabled by compiler flags, so disable also AltiVec and VSX
vector instructions.

Linux kernel disables AltiVec and VSX instructions too.

Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali at kernel.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/config.mk | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/config.mk b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/config.mk
index 482bb90cb120..71a98f05c902 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/config.mk
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/config.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -msingle-pic-base -fno-jump-tables
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mno-spe) \
 		     $(call cc-option,-mspe=no)
 
+# No AltiVec or VSX instructions when building u-boot
+PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mno-altivec)
+PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mno-vsx)
+
 ifdef CONFIG_E6500
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -mcpu=e6500
 else ifdef CONFIG_E5500
-- 
2.20.1



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