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[PATCH] ARM: 2816/1: Shark: boot kernel images bigger than 1 MB
authorAlexander Schulz <alex@shark-linux.de>
Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:12:08 +0000 (20:12 +0100)
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:12:08 +0000 (20:12 +0100)
Patch from Alexander Schulz

Up to now, shark kernels were limited to one megabyte compressed
size. As the kernels get bigger, this becomes more and more
uncomfortable. So I added a loop to copy 3 MB instead of one
and added some comments.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Schulz <alex@shark-linux.de>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-shark.S

index 848f60e5429bc94072e9eb9c77eba186ffceedc5..089c560e07f13947ed68ab446edcc9de40c30604 100644 (file)
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ __beginning:  mov     r4, r0                          @ save the entry to the firmware
 
                mov     pc, r2
 
-__copy_target: .long   0x08508000
-__copy_end:    .long   0x08608000
+__copy_target: .long   0x08507FFC
+__copy_end:    .long   0x08607FFC
                
                .word   _start
                .word   __bss_start
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ __copy_end:  .long   0x08608000
 __temp_stack:  .space 128
 
 __mmu_off:
-               adr     r0, __ofw_data
+               adr     r0, __ofw_data                  @ read the 1. entry of the memory map
                ldr     r0, [r0, #4]
                orr     r0, r0, #0x00600000
+               sub     r0, r0, #4
        
                ldr     r1, __copy_end
                ldr     r3, __copy_target
@@ -89,20 +90,43 @@ __mmu_off:
  * from 0x08500000 to 0x08508000 if we have only 8MB
  */
 
+/* As we get more 2.6-kernels it gets more and more
+ * uncomfortable to be bound to kernel images of 1MB only.
+ * So we add a loop here, to be able to copy some more.
+ * Alexander Schulz 2005-07-17
+ */
+
+               mov     r4, #3                          @ How many megabytes to copy
+
+
+__MoveCode:    sub     r4, r4, #1
        
 __Copy:                ldr     r2, [r0], #-4
                str     r2, [r1], #-4
                teq     r1, r3
                bne     __Copy
+
+               /* The firmware maps us in blocks of 1 MB, the next block is
+                  _below_ the last one. So our decrementing source pointer
+                  ist right here, but the destination pointer must be increased
+                  by 2 MB */
+               add     r1, r1, #0x00200000
+               add     r3, r3, #0x00100000
+
+               teq     r4, #0
+               bne     __MoveCode
+
+
                /* and jump to it */
-               adr     r2, __go_on
-               adr     r0, __ofw_data
+               adr     r2, __go_on                     @ where we want to jump
+               adr     r0, __ofw_data                  @ read the 1. entry of the memory map
                ldr     r0, [r0, #4]
-               sub     r2, r2, r0
-               sub     r2, r2, #0x00500000
-               ldr     r0, __copy_target
+               sub     r2, r2, r0                      @ we are mapped add 0e50 now, sub that (-0e00)
+               sub     r2, r2, #0x00500000             @ -0050
+               ldr     r0, __copy_target               @ and add 0850 8000 instead
+               add     r0, r0, #4
                add     r2, r2, r0
-               mov     pc, r2
+               mov     pc, r2                          @ and jump there
 
 __go_on:
                adr     sp, __temp_stack