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2007-04-13[POWERPC] bootwrapper: Decompress less, check moreMilton Miller
Our kernels put everything in the first load segment, and we read that. Instead of decompressing to the end of the gzip stream or supplied image and hoping we get it all, decompress the expected size and complain if it is not available. Signed-off-by: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-04-13[POWERPC] Move bootwrapper ELF parsing routines to a fileMark A. Greer
The ELF parsing routines local to arch/powerpc/boot/main.c are useful to other callers therefore move them to their own file. Signed-off-by: Mark A. Greer <mgreer@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-04-13[POWERPC] Clean up zImage handling of the command lineDavid Gibson
This cleans up how the zImage code manipulates the kernel command line. Notable improvements from the old handling: - Command line manipulation is consolidated into a new prep_cmdline() function, rather than being scattered across start() and some helper functions - Less stack space use: we use just a single global command line buffer, which can be initialized by an external tool as before, we no longer need another command line sized buffer on the stack. - Easier to support platforms whose firmware passes a commandline, but not a device tree. Platform code can now point new loader_info fields to the firmware's command line, rather than having to do early manipulation of the /chosen bootargs property which may then be rewritten again by the core. Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-04-13[POWERPC] Add device tree utility functions to zImageDavid Gibson
This patch adds a library of useful device tree manipulation functions to the zImage library, for use by platform code. These functions are based on the hooks already in dt_ops, so they're not dependent on a particular device tree implementation. This patch also slightly streamlines the code in main.c using these new functions. This is a consolidation of my work in this area with Scott Wood's patches to a very similar end. Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-03-26[POWERPC] New reg.h for the zImageDavid Gibson
This patch adds a reg.h to the zImage code, with common definitions for accessing system registers. For now, this includes functions for retrieving the PVR and the stack pointer. This patch then uses the new reg.h to let start() display the running stack address without having to explicitly pass the stack as a parameter from the asm code. Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-03-26[POWERPC] Add gcc format warnings to zImage printf()David Gibson
This patch adds the correct attributes to the zImage's versions of printf to make gcc generate format string mismatch warnings. It also corrects several minor problems with format strings in the zImage thus discovered. Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-03-26[POWERPC] bootwrapper: Add a fatal error helperMilton Miller
Add a macro fatal that calls printf then exit. User must include stdio.h. Typically replaces 3 lines with 1, although I added back some whitespace. Signed-off-by: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-03-21[POWERPC] boot: export flush_cacheMilton Miller
Move the declaration of flush_cache to ops.h for use by platform code. Signed-off-by: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com> Acked-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-03-13[POWERPC] zImage: Cleanup and improve zImage entry pointDavid Gibson
This patch re-organises the way the zImage wrapper code is entered, to allow more flexibility on platforms with unusual entry conditions. After this patch, a platform .o file has two options: 1) It can define a _zimage_start, in which case the platform code gets control from the very beginning of execution. In this case the platform code is responsible for relocating the zImage if necessary, clearing the BSS, performing any platform specific initialization, and finally calling start() to load and enter the kernel. 2) It can define platform_init(). In this case the generic crt0.S handles initial entry, and calls platform_init() before calling start(). The signature of platform_init() is changed, however, to take up to 5 parameters (in r3..r7) as they come from the platform's initial loader, instead of a fixed set of parameters based on OF's usage. When using the generic crt0.S, the platform .o can optionally supply a custom stack to use, using the BSS_STACK() macro. If this is not supplied, the crt0.S will assume that the loader has supplied a usable stack. In either case, the platform code communicates information to the generic code (specifically, a PROM pointer for OF systems, and/or an initrd image address supplied by the bootloader) via a global structure "loader_info". In addition the wrapper script is rearranged to ensure that the platform .o is always linked first. This means that platforms where the zImage entry point is at a fixed address or offset, rather than being encoded in the binary header can be supported using option (1). Signed-off-by: David Gibson <dwg@au1.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-03-13[POWERPC] zImage: Cleanup and improve prep_kernel()David Gibson
This patch rewrites prep_kernel() in the zImage wrapper code to be clearer and more flexible. Notable changes: - Handling of the initrd image from prep_kernel() has moved into a new prep_initrd() function. - The address of the initrd image is now added as device tree properties, as the kernel expects. - We only copy a packaged initrd image to a new location if it is in danger of being clobbered when the kernel moves to its final location, instead of always. - By default we decompress the kernel directly to address 0, instead of requiring it to relocate itself. Platforms (such as OF) where doing this could clobber still-live firmware data structures can override the vmlinux_alloc hook to provide an alternate place to decompress the kernel. - We no longer pass lots of information between functions in global variables. Signed-off-by: David Gibson <dwg@au1.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-03-13[POWERPC] zImage: Add more flexible gunzip convenience functionsDavid Gibson
At present, arch/powerpc/boot/main.c includes a gunzip() function which is a convenient wrapper around zlib. However, it doesn't conveniently allow decompressing part of an image to one location, then the remainder to a different address. This patch adds a new set of more flexible convenience wrappers around zlib, moving them to their own file, gunzip_util.c, in the process. These wrappers allow decompressing sections of the compressed image to different locations. In addition, they transparently handle uncompressed data, avoiding special case code to handle uncompressed vmlinux images. The patch also converts main.c to use the new wrappers, using the new flexibility to avoid decompressing the vmlinux's ELF header twice as we did previously. That in turn means we avoid extending our allocations for the vmlinux to allow space for the extra copy of the ELF header. Signed-off-by: David Gibson <dwg@au1.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-12-04[POWERPC] Cleanup zImage handling of kernel entry with flat device treeDavid Gibson
This makes 2 changes to clean up the flat device tree handling logic in the zImage wrapper. First, there were two callbacks from the dt_ops structure used for producing a final flat tree to pass to the kerne: dt_ops.ft_pack() which packed the flat tree (possibly a no-op) and dt_ops.ft_addr() which retreived the address of the final blob. Since they were only ever called together, this patch combines the two into a single new callback, dt_ops.finalize(). This new callback does whatever platform-dependent things are necessary to produce a final flat device tree blob, and returns the blob's addres. Second, the current logic calls the kernel with a flat device tree if one is build into the zImage wrapper, otherwise it boots the kernel with a PROM pointer, expecting the kernel to copy the OF device tree itself. This approach precludes the possibility of the platform wrapper code building a flat device tree from whatever platform-specific information firmware provides. Thus, this patch takes the more sensible approach of invoking the kernel with a flat tree if the dt_ops.finalize callback provides one (by whatever means). So, the dt_ops.finalize callback can be NULL, or can be a function which returns NULL. In either case, the zImage wrapper logic assumes that this is a platform with OF and invokes the kernel accordingly. Signed-off-by: David Gibson <dwg@au1.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-12-04[POWERPC] Small clarification of initrd handlingDavid Gibson
This patch makes the handling of the initrd (or initramfs) in the zImage wrapper a little easier to follow. Instead of passing the initrd addresses out from prep_kernel() via the cryptic a1 and a2 parameters, use the global struct add_range, 'initrd'. prep_kernel() already passes information through the 'vmlinux' addr_range struct, so this seems like a reasonable extension. Some comments also clarify the logic with prep_kernel(): we use an initrd included in the zImage if present, otherwise we use an initrd passed in by the bootloader in the a1 and a2 parameters (yaboot, at least, uses this mechanism to pass an initrd). Signed-off-by: David Gibson <dwg@au1.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-10-18[POWERPC] More bootwrapper reorganizationMark A. Greer
More reorganization of the bootwrapper: - Add dtb section to zImage - ft_init now called by platform_init - Pack a flat dt before calling kernel - Remove size parameter from free - printf only calls console_ops.write it its not NULL - Some cleanup Signed-off-by: Mark A. Greer <mgreer@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-09-20[POWERPC] Start arch/powerpc/boot code reorganizationMark A. Greer
This abstracts the operations used in the bootwrapper, and defines the operations needed for the bootwrapper to run on an OF platform. The operations have been divided up into platform ops (platform_ops), firmware ops (fw_ops), device tree ops (dt_ops), and console ops (console_ops). The proper operations will be hooked up at runtime to provide the functionality that you need. Signed-off-by: Mark A. Greer <mgreer@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-06-15[POWERPC] Editable kernel command-line in zImage binary.mostrows@watson.ibm.com
zImage will set /chosen/bootargs (if it is otherwise empty) with the contents of a buffer in the section "__builtin_cmdline". This permits tools to edit zImage binaries to set the command-line eventually processed by vmlinux. -- Signed-off-by: Michal Ostrowski <mostrows@watson.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-02-07[PATCH] powerpc: remove check for ELF offset in powerpc bootimageOlaf Hering
Do not check for offset, it is always set. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-01-14powerpc: Make COFF zImages for old 32-bit powermacsPaul Mackerras
This adds code to build zImage.coff and/or zImage.initrd.coff when CONFIG_PPC32 and CONFIG_PPC_PMAC are defined. It also restructures the OF client code and adds some workarounds for OF quirks on the older machines. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2005-11-16powerpc: Move ppc64 boot wrapper code over to arch/powerpcPaul Mackerras
This also extends the code to handle 32-bit ELF vmlinux files as well as 64-bit ones. This is sufficient for booting on new-world 32-bit powermacs (i.e. all recent machines). Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>