[PATCH 00/18] powerpc/boot: 64bit little endian wrapper

Cédric Le Goater clg at fr.ibm.com
Fri Mar 21 02:09:55 EST 2014


Hi,

The following patchset adds support for 64bit little endian boot 
wrapper. It is based on original code from Andrew Tauferner. 

The first patches provide fixes for 64bit support. I also changed 
the prom code to make it converge with the prom_init kernel code. 
They have a lot in common and they could probably be merged.

  powerpc/boot: fix do_div for 64bit wrapper
  powerpc/boot: use a common prom_args struct in oflib
  powerpc/boot: use prom_arg_t in oflib
  powerpc/boot: add byteswapping routines in oflib
  powerpc/boot: add PROM_ERROR define in oflib
  powerpc/boot: rework of_claim() to make it 64bit friendly
  powerpc/boot: define typedef ihandle as u32
  powerpc/boot: fix compile warning in 64bit

These are for little endian only:

  powerpc/boot: define byteswapping routines for little endian
  powerpc/boot: add 64bit and little endian support to addnote
  powerpc/boot: add little endian support to elf utils

and these to support a 64bit boot wrapper in both endian
order :

  powerpc/boot: define a routine to enter prom
  powerpc/boot: modify entry point for 64bit
  powerpc/boot: modify how we enter kernel on 64bit
  powerpc/boot: add a global entry point for pseries
  powerpc/boot: add support for 64bit big endian wrapper
  powerpc/boot: add support for 64bit little endian wrapper

This final patch restores the previous configuration for 
64bit big endian kernel, which is to compile in 32bit : 

  powerpc/boot: add PPC64_BOOT_WRAPPER config option


Here are some topics to discuss :

  - to compile in 64bit, -m64 is added to the cross32 compiler. 
   
  - There are still some compile warnings due to 64bit, in addnote 
    and in the device tree library.

  - the wrapper is compiled as a position independent executable. 
    This might not be an issue.

  - is the addnote executable still in use ? It seems important for 
    RS6000.

This patchset is based on a 3.14-rc7 and was tested on qemu with 
the -kernel option on little and big endian guests and with a custom
yaboot suporting LE. An another round of tests will be required when 
a 64bit grub is available.

Best,

C. 

Cédric Le Goater (18):
  powerpc/boot: fix do_div for 64bit wrapper
  powerpc/boot: use a common prom_args struct in oflib
  powerpc/boot: use prom_arg_t in oflib
  powerpc/boot: add byteswapping routines in oflib
  powerpc/boot: add PROM_ERROR define in oflib
  powerpc/boot: rework of_claim() to make it 64bit friendly
  powerpc/boot: define typedef ihandle as u32
  powerpc/boot: fix compile warning in 64bit
  powerpc/boot: define byteswapping routines for little endian
  powerpc/boot: add 64bit and little endian support to addnote
  powerpc/boot: add little endian support to elf utils
  powerpc/boot: define a routine to enter prom
  powerpc/boot: modify entry point for 64bit
  powerpc/boot: modify how we enter kernel on 64bit
  powerpc/boot: add a global entry point for pseries
  powerpc/boot: add support for 64bit big endian wrapper
  powerpc/boot: add support for 64bit little endian wrapper
  powerpc/boot: add PPC64_BOOT_WRAPPER config option

 arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile             |   18 +++-
 arch/powerpc/boot/addnote.c            |  128 +++++++++++++++--------
 arch/powerpc/boot/crt0.S               |  180 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 arch/powerpc/boot/elf_util.c           |    4 +
 arch/powerpc/boot/main.c               |    4 +
 arch/powerpc/boot/of.c                 |    4 +-
 arch/powerpc/boot/of.h                 |   17 ++-
 arch/powerpc/boot/ofconsole.c          |    6 +-
 arch/powerpc/boot/oflib.c              |   94 +++++++++--------
 arch/powerpc/boot/ppc_asm.h            |   12 +++
 arch/powerpc/boot/pseries-head.S       |    8 ++
 arch/powerpc/boot/stdio.c              |   14 +++
 arch/powerpc/boot/swab.h               |   29 +++++
 arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper              |   17 ++-
 arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.lds.S         |   25 ++++-
 arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype |    5 +
 16 files changed, 465 insertions(+), 100 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/boot/pseries-head.S
 create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/boot/swab.h

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