[U-Boot] [PATCH v4 1/3] arm: spl: Fix SPL booting for OMAP3

[Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net>]

Hi Stefan,

On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:42:46 +0200, Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de> wrote:

> Fix a problem with a re-assignment of r8 in the SPL version.
> 
> This patch now moves the call to s_init() to a later stage, right before
> calling board_init_f(). And makes sure that r8 is correctly initialized
> before s_init() is called. r8 now is only written in crt0.S.
> 
> This error was detected on the SPL port for the Compulab CM-T35 board
> (OMAP3530).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>
> Cc: Tom Rini <trini@ti.com>
> Acked-by: Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net>
> ---
> v4:
> - Corrected commit text to reflect changed patch
> 
> v3:
> - Some code shuffling in crt0.S as requested by Albert
> 
> v2:
> - Change handling/initializing of r8 as suggested by Albert.
>   It should only be written in crt0.S.
>   
> Tom, while working on this version one question came up:
> Is lowlevel_init() (file arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/lowlevel_init.S)
> needed any more? It calls cpy_clk_code() to copy some clk init
> code into SRAM. But I fail to see if and where this code is really
> executed from SRAM. Maybe I missed something. Perhaps you could
> shed some light into this.
> 
> Thanks, Stefan
> 
>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c         | 2 --
>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/lowlevel_init.S | 3 +--
>  arch/arm/lib/crt0.S                      | 5 +++++
>  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c
> index b72fadc..8f41dcd 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c
> @@ -256,8 +256,6 @@ void s_init(void)
>  #endif
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
> -	gd = &gdata;
> -
>  	preloader_console_init();
>  
>  	timer_init();
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/lowlevel_init.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/lowlevel_init.S
> index eacfef8..8539093 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/lowlevel_init.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/lowlevel_init.S
> @@ -226,8 +226,7 @@ ENTRY(lowlevel_init)
>  #endif /* NAND Boot */
>  	mov	lr, ip		/* restore link reg */
>  	ldr	ip, [sp]	/* restore save ip */
> -	/* tail-call s_init to setup pll, mux, memory */
> -	b	s_init
> +	mov	pc, lr
>  
>  ENDPROC(lowlevel_init)
>  
> diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/crt0.S b/arch/arm/lib/crt0.S
> index a5bffb8..9bd7c24 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/lib/crt0.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/lib/crt0.S
> @@ -83,9 +83,14 @@ ENTRY(_main)
>  	ldr	sp, =(CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR)
>  #endif
>  	bic	sp, sp, #7	/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
> +#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)
> +	ldr	r8, =gdata	/* SPL assigns r8 directly to &gdata */
> +	bl	s_init		/* s_init() needs GD to be setup */
> +#else
>  	sub	sp, #GD_SIZE	/* allocate one GD above SP */
>  	bic	sp, sp, #7	/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
>  	mov	r8, sp		/* GD is above SP */
> +#endif
>  	mov	r0, #0
>  	bl	board_init_f
>  

Acked-by: Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net>

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.