[PATCHv3] ARM:boot:device tree: Allow the device tree binary to be appended to zImage
John Bonesio
bones at secretlab.ca
Fri Mar 25 10:18:41 EST 2011
This patch provides the ability to boot using a device tree that is appended
to the raw binary zImage (e.g. cat zImage <filename>.dtb > zImage_w_dtb).
Signed-off-by: John Bonesio <bones at secretlab.ca>
---
arch/arm/Kconfig | 7 ++++
arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 92bae09..3556aea 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1651,6 +1651,13 @@ config ZBOOT_ROM
Say Y here if you intend to execute your compressed kernel image
(zImage) directly from ROM or flash. If unsure, say N.
+config ARM_APPENDED_DTB
+ bool "Use appended device tree blob"
+ depends on OF && !ZBOOT_ROM
+ help
+ With this option, the boot code will look for a device tree binary
+ (dtb) appended to zImage.
+
config CMDLINE
string "Default kernel command string"
default ""
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index 200625c..034a654 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -211,6 +211,61 @@ restart: adr r0, LC0
mov r10, r6
#endif
+ mov lr, #0 @ init lr (dtb size) to 0
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_APPENDED_DTB
+/*
+ * r0 = delta
+ * r2 = BSS start
+ * r3 = BSS end
+ * r4 = final kernel address
+ * r5 = start of this image
+ * r6 = _edata
+ * r7 = architecture ID
+ * r8 = atags/device tree pointer
+ * r9 = size of decompressed image
+ * r10 = end of this image, including bss/stack/malloc space if non XIP
+ * r11 = GOT start
+ * r12 = GOT end
+ *
+ * if there are device trees (dtb) appended to zImage, advance r10 so that the
+ * dtb data will get relocated along with the kernel if necessary.
+ */
+
+ ldr lr, [r6, #0]
+#ifndef __ARMEB__
+ ldr r1, =0xedfe0dd0 @ sig is 0xd00dfeed big endian
+#else
+ ldr r1, =0xd00dfeed
+#endif
+ cmp lr, r1
+ mov lr, #0 @ dtb not found, it's size is 0
+ bne dtb_check_done
+
+ mov r8, r6 @ use the appended device tree
+
+ /* Get the dtb's size */
+ ldr lr, [r6, #4]
+
+#ifndef __ARMEB__
+ /* convert lr (dtb size) to little endian */
+ eor r1, lr, lr, ror #16
+ bic r1, r1, #0x00ff0000
+ mov lr, lr, ror #8
+ eor lr, lr, r1, lsr #8
+#endif
+ /*
+ * dtb size rounded up to a multiple of 8 bytes so a
+ * misaligned GOT entry doesn't cause the end of the
+ * dtb binary to be overwritten.
+ */
+ add lr, lr, #7
+ bic lr, lr, #7
+
+ add r10, r10, lr
+ add r6, r6, lr
+dtb_check_done:
+#endif
+
/*
* Check to see if we will overwrite ourselves.
* r4 = final kernel address
@@ -271,8 +326,9 @@ wont_overwrite:
* r11 = GOT start
* r12 = GOT end
* sp = stack pointer
+ * lr = appended dtb size (0 if not present)
*/
- teq r0, #0
+ orrs r1, r0, lr
beq not_relocated
add r11, r11, r0
add r12, r12, r0
@@ -288,12 +344,28 @@ wont_overwrite:
/*
* Relocate all entries in the GOT table.
+ * Bump bss entries to _edata + dtb size
*/
1: ldr r1, [r11, #0] @ relocate entries in the GOT
- add r1, r1, r0 @ table. This fixes up the
- str r1, [r11], #4 @ C references.
+ add r1, r1, r0 @ This fixes up C references
+ cmp r1, r2 @ if entry >= bss_start &&
+ cmphs r3, r1 @ bss_end > entry
+ addhi r1, r1, lr @ entry += dtb size
+ str r1, [r11], #4 @ next entry
cmp r11, r12
blo 1b
+
+ /* bump our bss registers too */
+ add r2, r2, lr
+ add r3, r3, lr
+
+ /*
+ * bump the stack pinter
+ *
+ * If the linker script changes so the stack is not after
+ * the bss section, this code will be wrong.
+ */
+ add sp, sp, lr
#else
/*
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