[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 13/58] x86: Set up the global data pointer in C instead of asm

Simon Glass
2012-12-14T06:48:42Z

We currently assume that the global data pointer is at the start of
struct global_data. We want to remove this restriction, and it is
easiest to do this in C.

Remove the asm code and add equivalent code in C.

This idea was proposed by Graeme Russ here:
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/199741/

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
---
Changes in v2:
- Add new patch to move gd pointer by C to asm on x86

arch/x86/cpu/cpu.c | 4 +++-
arch/x86/cpu/start.S | 6 ------
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/cpu.c b/arch/x86/cpu/cpu.c
index 315e87a..6a23974 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/cpu.c
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ void setup_gdt(gd_t *id, u64 *gdt_addr)
gdt_addr[X86_GDT_ENTRY_32BIT_DS] = GDT_ENTRY(0xc093, 0, 0xfffff);

/* FS: data, read/write, 4 GB, base (Global Data Pointer) */
- gdt_addr[X86_GDT_ENTRY_32BIT_FS] = GDT_ENTRY(0xc093, (ulong)id, 0xfffff);
+ id->arch.gd_addr = id;
+ gdt_addr[X86_GDT_ENTRY_32BIT_FS] = GDT_ENTRY(0xc093,
+ (ulong)&id->arch.gd_addr, 0xfffff);

/* 16-bit CS: code, read/execute, 64 kB, base 0 */
gdt_addr[X86_GDT_ENTRY_16BIT_CS] = GDT_ENTRY(0x109b, 0, 0x0ffff);
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/start.S b/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
index e960e21..f389584 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
@@ -113,9 +113,6 @@ car_init_ret:
/* Set second parameter to setup_gdt */
movl %esp, %edx

- /* gd->gd_addr = gd (Required to allow gd->xyz to work) */
- movl %eax, (%eax)
-
/* Setup global descriptor table so gd->xyz works */
call setup_gdt

@@ -171,9 +168,6 @@ board_init_f_r_trampoline:
/* Set second parameter to setup_gdt */
movl %esp, %edx

- /* gd->gd_addr = gd (Required to allow gd->xyz to work) */
- movl %eax, (%eax)
-
/* Setup global descriptor table so gd->xyz works */
call setup_gdt

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