[PATCH 4/9] ARM: set BE8 if LE in head code

Ben Dooks ben.dooks at codethink.co.uk
Wed Feb 13 05:55:22 EST 2013


If we are booting in LE and compiled for BE8, then add code to
set the state to bE8. Since the instruction stream is always LE,
we do not need to do anything special to the instruction.

Also ensure that the secondary processors are started in the same mode.

Note, we do add about 20 bytes to the kernel image, but it seems easier
to do this than adding another configuration to change.

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks at codethink.co.uk>
---
 arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S |    1 +
 arch/arm/kernel/head.S          |    4 ++++
 arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S           |    1 +
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index 15ebdd6..06b0f15 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ start:
 		.word	_edata			@ zImage end address
  THUMB(		.thumb			)
 1:
+ ARM_BE8(	setend	be )			@ go BE8 if LE, no-op if BE8
 		mrs	r9, cpsr
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_VIRT_EXT
 		bl	__hyp_stub_install	@ get into SVC mode, reversibly
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
index cc15384..a112994 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 
 	__HEAD
 ENTRY(stext)
+ ARM_BE8(setend	be )			@ ensure we are in BE8 mode
 
  THUMB(	adr	r9, BSYM(1f)	)	@ Kernel is always entered in ARM.
  THUMB(	bx	r9		)	@ If this is a Thumb-2 kernel,
@@ -333,6 +334,9 @@ ENTRY(secondary_startup)
 	 * the processor type - there is no need to check the machine type
 	 * as it has already been validated by the primary processor.
 	 */
+
+ ARM_BE8(setend	be)				@ if system starts LE, go BE8
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_VIRT_EXT
 	bl	__hyp_stub_install_secondary
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
index d17996b..28bb018 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ ENTRY(cpu_v7_do_suspend)
 ENDPROC(cpu_v7_do_suspend)
 
 ENTRY(cpu_v7_do_resume)
+ ARM_BE8(setend	be )			@ ensure we are BE8
 	mov	ip, #0
 	mcr	p15, 0, ip, c8, c7, 0	@ invalidate TLBs
 	mcr	p15, 0, ip, c7, c5, 0	@ invalidate I cache
-- 
1.7.10.4




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