[PATCH] MIPS: Assure end of U-Boot is at 8-byte aligned offset
Marek Vasut
marek.vasut+renesas at mailbox.org
Thu Nov 13 12:56:09 CET 2025
Make sure the end of U-Boot is at 8-byte aligned offset, not 4-byte
aligned offset. This allows safely appending DT at the end of U-Boot
with the guarantee that the DT will be at 8-byte aligned offset. This
8-byte alignment is now checked by newer libfdt 1.7.2 .
Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas at mailbox.org>
---
Cc: Daniel Schwierzeck <daniel.schwierzeck at gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de
---
arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds b/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds
index 9a4ebcd1515..133ea05df3d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ SECTIONS
KEEP(*(SORT(__u_boot_list*)));
}
- . = ALIGN(4);
+ . = ALIGN(8);
__image_copy_end = .;
__init_end = .;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ SECTIONS
. += CONFIG_MIPS_RELOCATION_TABLE_SIZE - 4;
}
- . = ALIGN(4);
+ . = ALIGN(8);
_end = .;
.bss __rel_start (OVERLAY) : {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ SECTIONS
*(.sbss.*)
*(.bss.*)
*(COMMON)
- . = ALIGN(4);
+ . = ALIGN(8);
__bss_end = .;
}
--
2.51.0
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