From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from 15.mo1.mail-out.ovh.net ([188.165.38.232] helo=mo1.mail-out.ovh.net) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Svlfd-0001WP-Qz for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:49:46 +0000 Received: from mail94.ha.ovh.net (b7.ovh.net [213.186.33.57]) by mo1.mail-out.ovh.net (Postfix) with SMTP id F3ACDFF96DC for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:55:43 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:49:43 +0200 From: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Message-ID: <20120730084943.GA19759@game.jcrosoft.org> References: <20120727183103.GX22657@game.jcrosoft.org> <1343413990-31891-1-git-send-email-plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> <1343413990-31891-10-git-send-email-plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> <20120730080227.GK30009@pengutronix.de> <20120730081942.GE26655@game.jcrosoft.org> <20120730083048.GM30009@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120730083048.GM30009@pengutronix.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: barebox-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/12] ARM: add early malloc support needed by the decompressor To: Sascha Hauer Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org On 10:30 Mon 30 Jul , Sascha Hauer wrote: > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:19:42AM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > On 10:02 Mon 30 Jul , Sascha Hauer wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 08:33:08PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > > > This is not needed by lzo but by gunzip, xz and others. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD > > > > --- > > > > arch/arm/cpu/start.c | 7 +++++++ > > > > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/start.c b/arch/arm/cpu/start.c > > > > index a54f5fd..f500ca8 100644 > > > > --- a/arch/arm/cpu/start.c > > > > +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/start.c > > > > @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ > > > > #include > > > > #include > > > > > > > > +unsigned long free_mem_ptr; > > > > +unsigned long free_mem_end_ptr; > > > > + > > > > #ifdef CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE > > > > void __naked __section(.text_head_entry) pbl_start(void) > > > > { > > > > @@ -193,6 +196,10 @@ void __naked __section(.text_ll_return) board_init_lowlevel_return(void) > > > > /* clear bss */ > > > > memset(__bss_start, 0, __bss_stop - __bss_start); > > > > > > > > + /* set 128 KiB before the STACK_BASE - 16 address for early malloc */ > > > > + free_mem_ptr = STACK_BASE - 0x20000 - 16; > > > > + free_mem_end_ptr = STACK_BASE - 16; > > > > + > > > > > > This assumes that the malloc area is directly before the stack. How > > > about using __bss_stop or _end instead? > > > > it's just for early alloc and __bss_stop no so maybe we can use the same as > > Malloc but we already use this for HEAD_TEXT_BASE > > _end is HEAD_TEXT_BASE + the space needed for the compressed > image, so what's wrong with it? the pbl image can be stored in a sram and link to fit there so _end could be at the end of the sram so we can not use it. We need to put the early malloc in the sdram as example on at91 I plan to load the pbl only without the compressed data Best Regards, J. _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox