[PATCH 12/13] ppc64 boot: make the zImage relocateable

Olaf Hering olh at suse.de
Mon Oct 10 04:19:44 EST 2005


Make the zImage relocateable.
So yaboot could just load and run any ELF binary,
without worrying about its load address.

Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olh at suse.de>

 arch/ppc64/boot/Makefile   |    2 +-
 arch/ppc64/boot/crt0.S     |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/ppc64/boot/zImage.lds |    4 +++-
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.14-rc3/arch/ppc64/boot/Makefile
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.14-rc3.orig/arch/ppc64/boot/Makefile
+++ linux-2.6.14-rc3/arch/ppc64/boot/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 
 HOSTCC		:= gcc
-BOOTCFLAGS	:= $(HOSTCFLAGS) -fno-builtin -nostdinc -isystem $(shell $(CROSS32CC) -print-file-name=include)
+BOOTCFLAGS	:= $(HOSTCFLAGS) -fno-builtin -nostdinc -isystem $(shell $(CROSS32CC) -print-file-name=include) -fPIC
 BOOTAFLAGS	:= -D__ASSEMBLY__ $(BOOTCFLAGS) -traditional -nostdinc
 BOOTLFLAGS	:= -Ttext 0x00400000 -e _start -T $(srctree)/$(src)/zImage.lds
 OBJCOPYFLAGS    := contents,alloc,load,readonly,data
Index: linux-2.6.14-rc3/arch/ppc64/boot/crt0.S
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.14-rc3.orig/arch/ppc64/boot/crt0.S
+++ linux-2.6.14-rc3/arch/ppc64/boot/crt0.S
@@ -14,9 +14,38 @@
 	.text
 	.globl	_start
 _start:
+	bl	reloc_offset
+
+reloc_offset:
+	mflr	r0
+	lis	r9,reloc_offset at ha
+	addi	r9,r9,reloc_offset at l
+	subf.	r0,r9,r0
+	beq	clear_caches
+
+reloc_got2:
+	lis	r9,__got2_start at ha
+	addi	r9,r9,__got2_start at l
+	lis	r8,__got2_end at ha
+	addi	r8,r8,__got2_end at l
+	subf.	r8,r9,r8
+	beq	clear_caches
+	srwi.	r8,r8,2
+	mtctr	r8
+	add	r9,r0,r9
+reloc_got2_loop:
+	lwz	r8,0(r9)
+	add	r8,r8,r0
+	stw	r8,0(r9)
+	addi	r9,r9,4
+	bdnz	reloc_got2_loop
+
+clear_caches:
 	lis	r9,_start at h
+	add	r9,r0,r9
 	lis	r8,_etext at ha
 	addi	r8,r8,_etext at l
+	add	r8,r0,r8
 1:	dcbf	r0,r9
 	icbi	r0,r9
 	addi	r9,r9,0x20
Index: linux-2.6.14-rc3/arch/ppc64/boot/zImage.lds
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.14-rc3.orig/arch/ppc64/boot/zImage.lds
+++ linux-2.6.14-rc3/arch/ppc64/boot/zImage.lds
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ SECTIONS
     *(.rodata*)
     *(.data*)
     *(.sdata*)
-    *(.got*)
+    __got2_start = .;
+    *(.got2)
+    __got2_end = .;
   }
 
   . = ALIGN(4096);



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