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From: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
To: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>,
	Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH] fbdev/arm: Export acorndata_8x8 font symbol for bootloader
Date: Tue,  9 Jun 2026 11:10:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260609091056.265794-1-deller@gmx.de> (raw)

The text display code used in the Risc PC kernel image decompression
code uses arch/arm/boot/compressed/font.c, which includes
lib/fonts/font_acorn_8x8.c, which further includes <linux/font.h>.

Since commit 97df8960240a ("lib/fonts: Provide helpers for calculating
glyph pitch and size") <linux/font.h> contains inline functions that
require __do_div64, which is not linked into the ARM kernel
decompressor. This makes Risc PC zImages fail to build.

Resolve this issue by defining the BOOTLOADER symbol and use it to avoid
a static declaration of the acorndata_8x8 symbol. That way it can be
referenced by the arm bootloader, and other static math functions and
symbols (like __do_div64) stay static and don't get unneccesary included
in the ARM kernel bootloader decompressor object file.

Fixes: 97df8960240a ("lib/fonts: Provide helpers for calculating glyph pitch and size")
Reported-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
---
 arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile | 2 +-
 lib/fonts/font_acorn_8x8.c        | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index a159120d1e42..e3f550d62857 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -157,4 +157,4 @@ $(obj)/piggy_data: $(obj)/../Image FORCE
 
 $(obj)/piggy.o: $(obj)/piggy_data
 
-CFLAGS_font.o := -Dstatic=
+CFLAGS_font.o := -DBOOTLOADER
diff --git a/lib/fonts/font_acorn_8x8.c b/lib/fonts/font_acorn_8x8.c
index 36c51016769d..4ff52c79f8c4 100644
--- a/lib/fonts/font_acorn_8x8.c
+++ b/lib/fonts/font_acorn_8x8.c
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
 
 #define FONTDATAMAX 2048
 
+#ifdef BOOTLOADER
+/* The acorndata_8x8 symbol is needed by the ARM bootloader too. */
+const struct font_data acorndata_8x8 = {
+#else
 static const struct font_data acorndata_8x8 = {
+#endif
 { 0, 0, FONTDATAMAX, 0 }, {
 /* 00 */  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* ^@ */
 /* 01 */  0x7e, 0x81, 0xa5, 0x81, 0xbd, 0x99, 0x81, 0x7e, /* ^A */
-- 
2.54.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-06-09  9:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-09  9:10 Helge Deller [this message]
2026-06-09  9:46 ` [PATCH] fbdev/arm: Export acorndata_8x8 font symbol for bootloader Russell King (Oracle)

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