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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm/Booting | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/kernel/head.S | 8 |
4 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Booting b/Documentation/arm/Booting index 4e686a2..a341d87 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm/Booting +++ b/Documentation/arm/Booting @@ -164,3 +164,8 @@ In either case, the following conditions must be met: - The boot loader is expected to call the kernel image by jumping directly to the first instruction of the kernel image. + On CPUs supporting the ARM instruction set, the entry must be + made in ARM state, even for a Thumb-2 kernel. + + On CPUs supporting only the Thumb instruction set such as + Cortex-M class CPUs, the entry must be made in Thumb state. diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S index f9da419..51af709 100644 --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S @@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ not_relocated: mov r0, #0 mov r0, #0 @ must be zero mov r1, r7 @ restore architecture number mov r2, r8 @ restore atags pointer - mov pc, r4 @ call kernel + ARM( mov pc, r4 ) @ call kernel + THUMB( bx r4 ) @ entry point is always ARM .align 2 .type LC0, #object diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S index 6b1e0ad..d46f259 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S @@ -32,8 +32,16 @@ * numbers for r1. * */ + .arm + __HEAD ENTRY(stext) + + THUMB( adr r9, BSYM(1f) ) @ Kernel is always entered in ARM. + THUMB( bx r9 ) @ If this is a Thumb-2 kernel, + THUMB( .thumb ) @ switch to Thumb now. + THUMB(1: ) + setmode PSR_F_BIT | PSR_I_BIT | SVC_MODE, r9 @ ensure svc mode @ and irqs disabled #ifndef CONFIG_CPU_CP15 diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S index 278c1b0..742b610 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S @@ -71,8 +71,16 @@ * crap here - that's what the boot loader (or in extreme, well justified * circumstances, zImage) is for. */ + .arm + __HEAD ENTRY(stext) + + THUMB( adr r9, BSYM(1f) ) @ Kernel is always entered in ARM. + THUMB( bx r9 ) @ If this is a Thumb-2 kernel, + THUMB( .thumb ) @ switch to Thumb now. + THUMB(1: ) + setmode PSR_F_BIT | PSR_I_BIT | SVC_MODE, r9 @ ensure svc mode @ and irqs disabled mrc p15, 0, r9, c0, c0 @ get processor id |
