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From: mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] arm64: remove __calc_phys_offset
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:08:02 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150318120802.GA19624@leverpostej> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKv+Gu9BcOP7LUgsguXV9KYJqk4iUNC_WhJhRHFFHgNmV3nFQQ@mail.gmail.com>

> >> -     bl      __calc_phys_offset              // x24=PHYS_OFFSET, x28=PHYS_OFFSET-PAGE_OFFSET
> >> +     adrp    x24, KERNEL_START - TEXT_OFFSET // x24=PHYS_OFFSET
> >
> > Neat!
> >
> > Perhaps we could have:
> >
> > #define PHYS_OFFSET     (KERNEL_START - TEXT_OFFSET)
> >
> > Which would make the all the PHYS_OFFSET calculations self-documenting.
> > It shouldn't clash with the asm/memory.h definition because that's in an
> > #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ block.
> >
> 
> I will use __PHYS_OFFSET instead, to prevent confusion.
> 
> Btw, I will drop the secondary 'adrp x24, __PHYS_OFFSET' lines
> completely, as the secondary boot path never refers to x24.

Sounds good to me on both counts.

Mark.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-03-18 12:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-17 10:11 [PATCH 0/3] more arm64 early boot stuff Ard Biesheuvel
2015-03-17 10:11 ` [PATCH 1/3] arm64: merge __enable_mmu and __turn_mmu_on Ard Biesheuvel
2015-03-17 13:51   ` Mark Rutland
2015-03-17 17:39   ` Christopher Covington
2015-03-18  7:47     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-03-18 12:09       ` Mark Rutland
2015-03-17 10:11 ` [PATCH 2/3] arm64: remove __calc_phys_offset Ard Biesheuvel
2015-03-17 14:46   ` Mark Rutland
2015-03-18  7:49     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-03-18 12:08       ` Mark Rutland [this message]
2015-03-17 10:11 ` [PATCH 3/3] arm64: enforce x1|x2|x3 == 0 upon kernel entry as per boot protocol Ard Biesheuvel
2015-03-17 13:25   ` Mark Rutland
2015-03-17 17:47   ` Christopher Covington
2015-03-18  7:49     ` Ard Biesheuvel

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