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From: Reinhard Meyer <u-boot@emk-elektronik.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] RFC: Aligning arch initialisation sequences
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:46:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CDFE836.30702@emk-elektronik.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CDF6070.20503@emk-elektronik.de>

Dear Wolfgang Denk,

To make it crystal clear now, and put the complete context:

That simple change would rid us of all alignment concerns:
Setting stack to end of initial storage will certainly
be aligned, and the auto_gd will be aligned as the
toolchain deems necessary.

We would not need GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE anymore.

The auto_gd space on stack will be valid even into the call
to relocate_code.

> void board_init_f (ulong bootflag)
> {
> 	bd_t *bd;
> 	init_fnc_t **init_fnc_ptr;
> 	gd_t *id;
> 	ulong addr, addr_sp;
> +	gd_t auto_gd;
>
> 	/* Pointer is writable since we allocated a register for it */
> -	gd = (gd_t *) (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR);
> +	gd =&auto_gd;
> 	/* compiler optimization barrier needed for GCC>= 3.4 */
> /* Q: why is that needed anyway ??? */
> 	__asm__ __volatile__("": : :"memory");
>
> 	memset ((void*)gd, 0, sizeof (gd_t));
> ....
> 	debug ("relocation Offset is: %08lx\n", gd->reloc_off);
> 	memcpy (id, (void *)gd, sizeof (gd_t));
>
> 	relocate_code (addr_sp, id, addr);
>
> 	/* NOTREACHED - relocate_code() does not return */
> }
>
> This, and setting CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR to an aligned value in
> initial storage (SRAM, pinned down Cache, or other) removes alot
> of the headache about making stuff aligned.
>

This three line change DOES NOT propose any different method
of handling gd other then it is currently done.

It is ONLY a more elegant way to allocate the pre-relocation
storage for gd.

Best Regards,
Reinhard

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-11-14 13:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-07 10:06 [U-Boot] RFC: Aligning arch initialisation sequences Graeme Russ
2010-11-09 23:35 ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-13  4:16   ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-13  4:58     ` Mike Frysinger
2010-11-13  6:31     ` Reinhard Meyer
2010-11-13  6:38       ` Reinhard Meyer
2010-11-13  9:51         ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-13  8:17       ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-13 21:35         ` Reinhard Meyer
2010-11-13 21:53           ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-13 22:38             ` Reinhard Meyer
2010-11-13 22:45               ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-13 22:48                 ` Reinhard Meyer
2010-11-14  0:07                   ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-14  0:25                     ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-14  0:35                       ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-14  1:09                         ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-14  9:04                           ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-14 10:21                             ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-14 19:43                               ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-14  4:07                         ` Reinhard Meyer
2010-11-14  9:07                           ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-14 13:46                           ` Reinhard Meyer [this message]
2010-11-14 19:36                             ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-14 20:16                               ` Reinhard Meyer
2010-11-14 21:01                                 ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-13  8:20     ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-13 11:18       ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-14  5:10         ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-14  5:48           ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-14  9:16             ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-14 10:30               ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-14 12:10                 ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-14 15:01                   ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-14 17:53                     ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-14 19:06                       ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-14 19:29                         ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-14 19:55                           ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-14 20:10                             ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-14 20:42                               ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-14 19:23                       ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-14 19:34                         ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-14 20:05                           ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-14 21:27                             ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-15 11:08                             ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-14 21:51   ` Wolfgang Denk

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