[PATCH 12/19] ARM: use relative jumps in exception table

[Sascha Hauer]

On Mon, Jan 05, 2026 at 12:44:13PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> Hello Sascha,
> 
> On 1/5/26 12:26 PM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > Create position-independent exception vectors using relative branches
> > instead of absolute addresses. This works on ARMv7 onwards which
> > supports setting the address of the exception vectors.
> > 
> > New .text_inplace_exceptions section contains PC-relative branches,
> > enabling barebox proper to start with MMU already configured using
> > ELF segment addresses.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
> 
> Why do we even need arm_fixup_vectors? There should already be
> relocation entries emitted for .word symbol lines, so given that we only
> install the vector table after relocation, it should be possible to
> simply drop arm_fixup_vectors?

No, just verified that there are no relocation entries. I don't know if
there's some other trick to get them relocated.

Sascha

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