[PATCH u-boot-marvell] arm: mvebu: Do not define or overwrite vectors in SPL build

Stefan Roese sr at denx.de
Wed Feb 16 11:08:19 CET 2022


On 2/15/22 20:02, Pali Rohár wrote:
> U-Boot SPL is executed by the BootROM. And BootROM expects that U-Boot SPL
> code returns back to the BootROM. Reset vectors during execution of
> U-Boot SPL should not be changed as BootROM does not expect it and uses its
> own reset vectors.

Just curious: How did you detect this problem? What actually happens
when the reset vectors are overwritten here?

> Add ifdefs which disable overwriting reset vectors for 32-bit mvebu
> platforms on which U-Boot SPL should returns back to the BootROM.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali at kernel.org>
> ---
>   arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S | 7 ++++---
>   arch/arm/lib/vectors.S     | 6 ++++++
>   2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
> index af87a5432ae5..b8175ea3808b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
> @@ -99,10 +99,11 @@ switch_to_hypervisor_ret:
>   
>   /*
>    * Setup vector:
> - * (OMAP4 spl TEXT_BASE is not 32 byte aligned.
> - * Continue to use ROM code vector only in OMAP4 spl)
> + * OMAP4 spl TEXT_BASE is not 32 byte aligned.
> + * 32-bit mvebu spl returns execution back to BootROM and should not change vectors.
> + * Continue to use ROM code vector only in OMAP4 or 32-bit mvebu spl.
>    */
> -#if !(defined(CONFIG_OMAP44XX) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD))
> +#if !((defined(CONFIG_OMAP44XX) || (defined(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) && defined(CONFIG_ARMADA_32BIT))) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD))

Will this file ever be compiled for (defined(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) &&
!defined(CONFIG_ARMADA_32BIT))? Meaning cpu/armv7 pretty much means
32bit, or did I miss something? If this is correct, you can probably
drop one of the checks making this line a bit easier to read (again).

Perhaps it's better to introduce a new Kconfig option for this instead
and select it for the necessary platforms/targets?

Thanks,
Stefan

>   	/* Set V=0 in CP15 SCTLR register - for VBAR to point to vector */
>   	mrc	p15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 0	@ Read CP15 SCTLR Register
>   	bic	r0, #CR_V		@ V = 0
> diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/vectors.S b/arch/arm/lib/vectors.S
> index 56f36815582b..a0646e213b6d 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/lib/vectors.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/lib/vectors.S
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
>   #else
>   	b	reset
>   #endif
> +#if !(defined(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) && defined(CONFIG_ARMADA_32BIT) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD))
>   	ldr	pc, _undefined_instruction
>   	ldr	pc, _software_interrupt
>   	ldr	pc, _prefetch_abort
> @@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
>   	ldr	pc, _not_used
>   	ldr	pc, _irq
>   	ldr	pc, _fiq
> +#endif
>   	.endm
>   
>   
> @@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ _start:
>   	ARM_VECTORS
>   #endif /* !defined(CONFIG_ENABLE_ARM_SOC_BOOT0_HOOK) */
>   
> +#if !(defined(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) && defined(CONFIG_ARMADA_32BIT) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD))
>   /*
>    *************************************************************************
>    *
> @@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ _irq:			.word irq
>   _fiq:			.word fiq
>   
>   	.balignl 16,0xdeadbeef
> +#endif
>   
>   /*
>    *************************************************************************
> @@ -131,6 +135,7 @@ _fiq:			.word fiq
>   
>   #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
>   
> +#if !(defined(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) && defined(CONFIG_ARMADA_32BIT) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD))
>   	.align	5
>   undefined_instruction:
>   software_interrupt:
> @@ -141,6 +146,7 @@ irq:
>   fiq:
>   1:
>   	b	1b			/* hang and never return */
> +#endif
>   
>   #else	/* !CONFIG_SPL_BUILD */
>   

Viele Grüße,
Stefan Roese

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