[RFC PATCH 3/7] powerpc: simpleboot get load address from ELF instead of assuming zero
Michal Simek
monstr at monstr.eu
Fri Jun 17 00:14:24 EST 2011
From: John Williams <john.williams at petalogix.com>
simpleboot current assumes that the physical load address is zero, even if
the ELF payload has a non-zero paddr.
This is a simple fix that avoids a custom pltform_ops handler in this case.
Signed-off-by: John Williams <john.williams at petalogix.com>
---
arch/powerpc/boot/elf.h | 1 +
arch/powerpc/boot/elf_util.c | 2 ++
arch/powerpc/boot/main.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/elf.h b/arch/powerpc/boot/elf.h
index 1941bc5..39af242 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/elf.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/elf.h
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ struct elf_info {
unsigned long loadsize;
unsigned long memsize;
unsigned long elfoffset;
+ unsigned long loadaddr;
};
int parse_elf64(void *hdr, struct elf_info *info);
int parse_elf32(void *hdr, struct elf_info *info);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/elf_util.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/elf_util.c
index 1567a0c..3aef4f0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/elf_util.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/elf_util.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ int parse_elf64(void *hdr, struct elf_info *info)
info->loadsize = (unsigned long)elf64ph->p_filesz;
info->memsize = (unsigned long)elf64ph->p_memsz;
info->elfoffset = (unsigned long)elf64ph->p_offset;
+ info->loadaddr = (unsigned long)elf64ph->p_paddr;
return 1;
}
@@ -74,5 +75,6 @@ int parse_elf32(void *hdr, struct elf_info *info)
info->loadsize = elf32ph->p_filesz;
info->memsize = elf32ph->p_memsz;
info->elfoffset = elf32ph->p_offset;
+ info->loadaddr = elf32ph->p_paddr;
return 1;
}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
index a28f021..fbbffa5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ static struct addr_range prep_kernel(void)
if (platform_ops.vmlinux_alloc) {
addr = platform_ops.vmlinux_alloc(ei.memsize);
} else {
+ addr = ei.loadaddr;
/*
* Check if the kernel image (without bss) would overwrite the
* bootwrapper. The device tree has been moved in fdt_init()
--
1.5.5.6
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