SoCFPGA with CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL boot error

Ard Biesheuvel ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org
Wed Apr 20 03:26:22 PDT 2016


On 20 April 2016 at 11:55, Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:43:30AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> (replying to self)
>>
>> On 20 April 2016 at 11:39, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org> wrote:
>> > (+ Arnd)
>> >
>> > On 20 April 2016 at 11:25, Dave Martin <Dave.Martin at arm.com> wrote:
>> >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 04:02:20PM +0200, Steffen Trumtrar wrote:
>> >>> Hi!
>> >>>
>> >>> According to kernelci.org (and validating on my own hardware), the current
>> >>> socfpga mainline kernel has an issue with CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL enabled.
>> >>>
>> >>> https://storage.kernelci.org/mainline/v4.6-rc4-11-g12566cc35d0e/arm-multi_v7_defconfig/lab-khilman/boot-socfpga_cyclone5_de0_sockit.html
>> >>>
>> >>> vs
>> >>>
>> >>> https://storage.kernelci.org/mainline/v4.6-rc4-11-g12566cc35d0e/arm-multi_v7_defconfig+CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL=y/lab-khilman/boot-socfpga_cyclone5_de0_sockit.html
>> >>>
>> >>> Both boot successfully, but notice that the board fails to bring up CPU1 if
>> >>> thumb2 support is enabled.
>> >>>
>> >>> Any ideas why this might be happening?
>> >>
>>
>> Actually, this looks like a problem with the secondary entry point to
>> me. Could you try this?
>
> Been there, done that. Unfortunately this does not solve the problem.
>

How about if you put this on top?

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/headsmp.S b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/headsmp.S
index 5d94b7a2fb10..c160fa3007e9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/headsmp.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/headsmp.S
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <asm/assembler.h>

        .arch   armv7-a
+       .arm

 ENTRY(secondary_trampoline)
        /* CPU1 will always fetch from 0x0 when it is brought out of reset.



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