Put the version (and magic) after the HRCW. This puts it in a fixed location in flash, not at the start of flash but as close as we can get.
Signed-off-by: Jerry Van Baren vanbaren@cideas.com
Put the version (and magic) after the HRCW. This puts it in a fixed location in flash, not at the start of flash but as close as we can get.
Signed-off-by: Jerry Van Baren vanbaren@cideas.com --- cpu/mpc83xx/start.S | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------ 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S b/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S index 0f27bb6..6ee9ec9 100644 --- a/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S +++ b/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S @@ -77,19 +77,11 @@ END_GOT
/* - * Version string - must be in data segment because MPC83xx uses the - * first 256 bytes for the Hard Reset Configuration Word table (see - * below). Similarly, can't have the U-Boot Magic Number as the first - * thing in the image - don't know how this will affect the image tools, - * but I guess I'll find out soon. + * The Hard Reset Configuration Word (HRCW) table is in the first 64 + * (0x40) bytes of flash. It has 8 bytes, but each byte is repeated 8 + * times so the processor can fetch it out of flash whether the flash + * is 8, 16, 32, or 64 bits wide (hardware trickery). */ - .data - .globl version_string -version_string: - .ascii U_BOOT_VERSION - .ascii " (", __DATE__, " - ", __TIME__, ")" - .ascii " ", CONFIG_IDENT_STRING, "\0" - .text #define _HRCW_TABLE_ENTRY(w) \ .fill 8,1,(((w)>>24)&0xff); \ @@ -100,6 +92,18 @@ version_string: _HRCW_TABLE_ENTRY(CFG_HRCW_LOW) _HRCW_TABLE_ENTRY(CFG_HRCW_HIGH)
+/* + * Magic number and version string - put it after the HRCW since it + * cannot be first in flash like it is in many other processors. + */ + .long 0x27051956 /* U-Boot Magic Number */ + + .globl version_string +version_string: + .ascii U_BOOT_VERSION + .ascii " (", __DATE__, " - ", __TIME__, ")" + .ascii " ", CONFIG_IDENT_STRING, "\0" +
#ifndef CONFIG_DEFAULT_IMMR #error CONFIG_DEFAULT_IMMR must be defined