[PATCH 0/4] Consistently enter the kernel in ARM state

Dave Martin dave.martin at linaro.org
Mon Jun 20 09:40:25 EDT 2011


This series rationalises the kernel entry requirements so that
Image is entered in ARM state, just like zImage.

This should enable Image to be booted reliably for Thumb-2 kernels,
just like zImage.

The Booting documentation is updated to describe the requirement:
this resolves the ARM/Thumb ambiguity for Thumb-2 kernels; for ARM
kernels there is no implied change.

Dave Martin (4):
  ARM: head: Always Enter the kernel in ARM state
  ARM: head-nommu: Always enter the kernel in ARM state
  ARM: zImage: Jump to the decompressed kernel entry point in ARM state
  ARM: Documentation: clarify entry requirements for ARM versus Thumb-2

 Documentation/arm/Booting       |    5 +++++
 arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S |    3 ++-
 arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S    |    8 ++++++++
 arch/arm/kernel/head.S          |    8 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

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1.7.4.1




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