[PATCH 2/3] ARM: zImage: Allow the appending of a device tree binary
Grant Likely
grant.likely at secretlab.ca
Sun Jun 12 11:01:17 EDT 2011
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 02:06:39AM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> From: John Bonesio <bones at secretlab.ca>
>
> This patch provides the ability to boot using a device tree that is appended
> to the raw binary zImage (e.g. cat zImage <filename>.dtb > zImage_w_dtb).
>
> Signed-off-by: John Bonesio <bones at secretlab.ca>
> [nico: adjusted to latest zImage changes plus additional cleanups]
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre at linaro.org>
Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
> ---
> arch/arm/Kconfig | 8 ++++
> arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index 9adc278..66b7d1e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -1727,6 +1727,14 @@ config ZBOOT_ROM_MMCIF
> which in turn loads the rest the kernel image to RAM using the
> MMCIF hardware block.
>
> +config ARM_APPENDED_DTB
> + bool "Use appended device tree blob to zImage"
> + depends on OF && !ZBOOT_ROM
> + help
> + With this option, the boot code will look for a device tree binary
> + (dtb) appended to zImage
> + (e.g. cat zImage <filename>.dtb > zImage_w_dtb).
> +
> config CMDLINE
> string "Default kernel command string"
> default ""
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
> index f9da419..4bc009c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
> @@ -216,6 +216,59 @@ restart: adr r0, LC0
> mov r10, r6
> #endif
>
> + mov r5, #0 @ init dtb size to 0
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_APPENDED_DTB
> +/*
> + * r0 = delta
> + * r2 = BSS start
> + * r3 = BSS end
> + * r4 = final kernel address
> + * r5 = appended dtb size (still unknown)
> + * r6 = _edata
> + * r7 = architecture ID
> + * r8 = atags/device tree pointer
> + * r9 = size of decompressed image
> + * r10 = end of this image, including bss/stack/malloc space if non XIP
> + * r11 = GOT start
> + * r12 = GOT end
> + * sp = stack pointer
> + *
> + * if there are device trees (dtb) appended to zImage, advance r10 so that the
> + * dtb data will get relocated along with the kernel if necessary.
> + */
> +
> + ldr lr, [r6, #0]
> +#ifndef __ARMEB__
> + ldr r1, =0xedfe0dd0 @ sig is 0xd00dfeed big endian
> +#else
> + ldr r1, =0xd00dfeed
> +#endif
> + cmp lr, r1
> + bne dtb_check_done @ not found
> +
> + mov r8, r6 @ use the appended device tree
> +
> + /* Get the dtb's size */
> + ldr r5, [r6, #4]
> +#ifndef __ARMEB__
> + /* convert lr (dtb size) to little endian */
> + eor r1, r5, r5, ror #16
> + bic r1, r1, #0x00ff0000
> + mov r5, r5, ror #8
> + eor r5, r5, r1, lsr #8
> +#endif
> +
> + /* preserve 64-bit alignment */
> + add r5, r5, #7
> + bic r5, r5, #7
> +
> + /* relocate some pointers past the appended dtb */
> + add r6, r6, r5
> + add r10, r10, r5
> + add sp, sp, r5
> +dtb_check_done:
> +#endif
> +
> /*
> * Check to see if we will overwrite ourselves.
> * r4 = final kernel address
> @@ -285,14 +338,16 @@ wont_overwrite:
> * r2 = BSS start
> * r3 = BSS end
> * r4 = kernel execution address
> + * r5 = appended dtb size (0 if not present)
> * r7 = architecture ID
> * r8 = atags pointer
> * r11 = GOT start
> * r12 = GOT end
> * sp = stack pointer
> */
> - teq r0, #0
> + orrs r1, r0, r5
> beq not_relocated
> +
> add r11, r11, r0
> add r12, r12, r0
>
> @@ -307,12 +362,21 @@ wont_overwrite:
>
> /*
> * Relocate all entries in the GOT table.
> + * Bump bss entries to _edata + dtb size
> */
> 1: ldr r1, [r11, #0] @ relocate entries in the GOT
> - add r1, r1, r0 @ table. This fixes up the
> - str r1, [r11], #4 @ C references.
> + add r1, r1, r0 @ This fixes up C references
> + cmp r1, r2 @ if entry >= bss_start &&
> + cmphs r3, r1 @ bss_end > entry
> + addhi r1, r1, r5 @ entry += dtb size
> + str r1, [r11], #4 @ next entry
> cmp r11, r12
> blo 1b
> +
> + /* bump our bss pointers too */
> + add r2, r2, r5
> + add r3, r3, r5
> +
> #else
>
> /*
> --
> 1.7.4
>
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