[PATCH v3 23/23] riscv: cleanup barebox proper entry

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Mon Jan 12 05:44:52 PST 2026


On 1/8/26 4:50 PM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> As barebox proper is now an ELF file we no longer need to map the entry
> function to the start of the image. Just link it to wherever the linker
> wants it and drop the text_entry section. Also, remove the start()
> function and set the ELF entry to barebox_non_pbl_start() directly.
> 
> While at it also remove the bare_init stuff from the barebox proper
> linker script as it's only relevant to the PBL linker script which
> is a separate script.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>

Likewise can just be squashed into the commit that dropped relocate_to*.


> -	barebox = (void *)elf.entry;
> +	barebox = (void *)(unsigned long)elf.entry;

Should have been squashed into earlier commit.

Cheers,
Ahmad

>  
>  	pr_debug("jumping to uncompressed image at 0x%p. dtb=0x%p\n", barebox, fdt);
>  
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/lib/barebox.lds.S b/arch/riscv/lib/barebox.lds.S
> index 77f854e73e2013ca332a0a94fd1deaa2b9978a1d..1435ce3318a466d875d583bab876f63a2368ae69 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/lib/barebox.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/riscv/lib/barebox.lds.S
> @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
>  #include <asm/barebox.lds.h>
>  
>  OUTPUT_ARCH(BAREBOX_OUTPUT_ARCH)
> -ENTRY(start)
> +ENTRY(barebox_non_pbl_start)
>  OUTPUT_FORMAT(BAREBOX_OUTPUT_FORMAT)
>  
>  PHDRS
> @@ -36,16 +36,11 @@ SECTIONS
>  	.text      :
>  	{
>  		_stext = .;
> -		*(.text_entry*)
> -		__bare_init_start = .;
> -		*(.text_bare_init*)
> -		__bare_init_end = .;
>  		__exceptions_start = .;
>  		KEEP(*(.text_exceptions*))
>  		__exceptions_stop = .;
>  		*(.text*)
>  	} :text
> -	BAREBOX_BARE_INIT_SIZE
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(4096);
>  	__start_rodata = .;
> 

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