[PATCH 2/2] ARM: axxia: remove TEXT_OFFSET override hack

Alexander Sverdlin alexander.sverdlin at nokia.com
Tue Jan 12 05:34:29 EST 2021


Hi Ard!

On 11/01/2021 11:30, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Now that the decompressor will take memreserve entries into account when
> placing the uncompressed kernel in memory on DT platforms, we no longer
> have to override TEXT_OFFSET to stay clear of the memory reservation that
> exists at the base of memory on these platforms.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm/Makefile | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
> index 4aaec9599e8a..c0496983198f 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
> @@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ textofs-$(CONFIG_ARCH_IPQ40XX) := 0x00208000
>  textofs-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MSM8X60) := 0x00208000
>  textofs-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MSM8960) := 0x00208000
>  textofs-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MESON) := 0x00208000
> -textofs-$(CONFIG_ARCH_AXXIA) := 0x00308000
>  
>  # Machine directory name.  This list is sorted alphanumerically
>  # by CONFIG_* macro name.

What should the users of uncompressed kernel do with their legacy bootloaders?
I've tested you patch and AXXIA bootloader is not able to deal with 0x8000 default
load address...

-- 
Best regards,
Alexander Sverdlin.



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