[U-Boot] [PATCH] tegra: override compiler flags for cmd_nvedit

[U-Boot] [PATCH] tegra: override compiler flags for cmd_nvedit

[Allen Martin]

Override -march setting for tegra to -march=armv4t for cmd_nvedit.c

The recent change to use -march=armv7-a for armv7 caused a regression
on tegra because tegra starts boot on a arm7tdmi processor before
transferring control to the cortex-a9.  While still executing on the
arm7tdmi there is a call to getenv_ulong() that causes an illegal
instruction exception if cmd_nvedit is compiled for armv7.

Signed-off-by: Allen Martin <amartin@nvidia.com>
---
 common/Makefile |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/common/Makefile b/common/Makefile
index d9f10f3..e1b5307 100644
--- a/common/Makefile
+++ b/common/Makefile
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ COBJS-y += cmd_help.o
 COBJS-y += cmd_nvedit.o
 COBJS-y += cmd_version.o
 
+# tegra calls getenv_ulong() from the context of the arm7tdmi processor
+# so this needs to be compiled armv4t on tegra
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_MACH_TEGRA_GENERIC),)
+CFLAGS_common/cmd_nvedit.o += -march=armv4t
+endif
+
 # environment
 COBJS-y += env_common.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH) += env_dataflash.o
-- 
1.7.9.5

[U-Boot] [PATCH] tegra: override compiler flags for cmd_nvedit

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Allen Martin,

In message <1336163380-29679-1-git-send-email-amartin@nvidia.com> you wrote:
> Override -march setting for tegra to -march=armv4t for cmd_nvedit.c
> 
> The recent change to use -march=armv7-a for armv7 caused a regression
> on tegra because tegra starts boot on a arm7tdmi processor before
> transferring control to the cortex-a9.  While still executing on the
> arm7tdmi there is a call to getenv_ulong() that causes an illegal
> instruction exception if cmd_nvedit is compiled for armv7.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Allen Martin <amartin@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  common/Makefile |    6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

We definitely do not want to introduce board specific compile
options in common code, and especially not on a per-file base.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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[U-Boot] [PATCH] tegra: override compiler flags for cmd_nvedit

[Allen Martin]

On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 01:01:22PM -0700, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Allen Martin,
> 
> In message <1336163380-29679-1-git-send-email-amartin@nvidia.com> you wrote:
> > Override -march setting for tegra to -march=armv4t for cmd_nvedit.c
> > 
> > The recent change to use -march=armv7-a for armv7 caused a regression
> > on tegra because tegra starts boot on a arm7tdmi processor before
> > transferring control to the cortex-a9.  While still executing on the
> > arm7tdmi there is a call to getenv_ulong() that causes an illegal
> > instruction exception if cmd_nvedit is compiled for armv7.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Allen Martin <amartin@nvidia.com>
> > ---
> >  common/Makefile |    6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> We definitely do not want to introduce board specific compile
> options in common code, and especially not on a per-file base.
> 

The other option is to compile all of tegra armv4t by modifying
arch/arm/cpu/armv7/config.mk, the resulting binary is about 300 bytes
larger though, which is a shame since it's only this one file that
really needs to be armv4t for the getenv_ulong() call.  Does this seem
like a more acceptable change though?

I see either solution as a temporary band-aid to get tegra booting
again until I finish the patch set to split out the armv4t code to a
SPL.  I hope to have a complete patch set ready to post for review in
a few days.

If you get a chance could you look over the following patches that I
posted recently:

tegra2: move tegra2 SoC code to arch/arm/cpu/tegra2-common
mkconfig: add support for SPL CPU

These are definately the most controversial patches in the patch set,
and I wanted to get some feedback if I'm headed in the right
direction.

Thanks,
-Allen



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[U-Boot] [PATCH] tegra: override compiler flags for cmd_nvedit

[Mike Frysinger]

On Monday 07 May 2012 12:36:00 Allen Martin wrote:
> On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 01:01:22PM -0700, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> > Allen Martin wrote:
> > > Override -march setting for tegra to -march=armv4t for cmd_nvedit.c
> > > 
> > > The recent change to use -march=armv7-a for armv7 caused a regression
> > > on tegra because tegra starts boot on a arm7tdmi processor before
> > > transferring control to the cortex-a9.  While still executing on the
> > > arm7tdmi there is a call to getenv_ulong() that causes an illegal
> > > instruction exception if cmd_nvedit is compiled for armv7.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Allen Martin <amartin@nvidia.com>
> > > ---
> > > 
> > >  common/Makefile |    6 ++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > 
> > We definitely do not want to introduce board specific compile
> > options in common code, and especially not on a per-file base.
> 
> The other option is to compile all of tegra armv4t by modifying
> arch/arm/cpu/armv7/config.mk

no it's not.  arch and board config.mk get sourced, so you can put this 
board/arch specific cruft there.  we do it for blackfin boards all the time ... 
see board/bf537-stamp/config.mk for example.
-mike
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[U-Boot] [PATCH] tegra: override compiler flags for cmd_nvedit

[Allen Martin]

On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 10:24:19PM -0700, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Monday 07 May 2012 12:36:00 Allen Martin wrote:
> > The other option is to compile all of tegra armv4t by modifying
> > arch/arm/cpu/armv7/config.mk
> 
> no it's not.  arch and board config.mk get sourced, so you can put this 
> board/arch specific cruft there.  we do it for blackfin boards all the time ... 
> see board/bf537-stamp/config.mk for example.
> -mike
> 

Thanks Mike, that definately sounds preferable, I'll take a look.

I recently posted a patch series that makes this kind of hack
unnecessary for tegra: "split tegra arm7 code into separate SPL".  If
you get a chance it could definately use a few more eyeballs :^)

Especially the following two changes, which are probably the most
controversial:

tegra2: move tegra2 SoC code to arch/arm/cpu/tegra2-common
mkconfig: add support for SPL CPU

-Allen
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