kernel/arch/xtensa/include/asm/vectors.h, branch linux-rolling-stable

xtensa: reorganize vectors placement

2020-02-05T05:57:02Z

Allow vectors to be either merged into the kernel .text or put at a fixed virtual address independently of XIP option. Drop option that puts vectors at a fixed offset from the kernel text. Add choice to Kconfig. Vectors at fixed virtual address may be useful for XIP-aware MTD support and for noMMU configurations with available IRAM. Configurations without VECBASE register must put their vectors at specific locations regardless of the selected option. All other configurations should happily use merged vectors. Signed-off-by: Max Filippov

xtensa: clean up optional XCHAL_* definitions

2020-02-01T08:43:28Z

Simplify users of XCHAL_HAVE_EXTERN_REGS and XCHAL_HAVE_VECBASE and always define them as 0 if they're not defined in the variant/core.h Signed-off-by: Max Filippov

xtensa: add XIP kernel support

2019-11-26T19:33:38Z

XIP (eXecute In Place) kernel image is the image that can be run directly from ROM, using RAM only for writable data. XIP xtensa kernel differs from regular xtensa kernel in the following ways: - it has exception/IRQ vectors merged into text section. No vectors relocation takes place at kernel startup. - .data/.bss location must be specified in the kernel configuration, its content is copied there in the _startup function. - .init.text is merged with the rest of text and is executed from ROM. - when MMU is used the virtual address where the kernel will be mapped must be specified in the kernel configuration. It may be in the KSEG or in the KIO, __pa macro is adjusted to be able to handle both. Signed-off-by: Max Filippov

xtensa: move XCHAL_KIO_* definitions to kmem_layout.h

2019-10-21T06:48:28Z

These address and size definitions define xtensa kernel memory layout, move them from vectors.h to the kmem_layout.h Signed-off-by: Max Filippov

xtensa: replace variant/core.h with asm/core.h

2019-05-07T00:48:55Z

Introduce the header arch/xtensa/include/asm/core.h that provides definitions for XCHAL macros missing in older xtensa releases. Use this header instead of variant/core.h Signed-off-by: Max Filippov

xtensa: drop unneeded platform/hardware.h headers

2018-08-20T19:28:04Z

platform/hardware.h no longer supply any information for processor.h, vectors.h, setup.c or vmlinux.lds.S, don't include it. This header is now empty in the platforms/iss, so remove it altogether. Signed-off-by: Max Filippov

xtensa: allow merging vectors into .text section

2017-03-01T20:32:50Z

Currently code for exception/IRQ vectors is stored in kernel image as initialization data and is copied to its working addresses during startup. It doesn't always make sense. In many cases vectors location can be automatically decided at kernel link time and code can be placed right there. This is especially useful for XIP kernel. Signed-off-by: Max Filippov

xtensa: cleanup MMU setup and kernel layout macros

2016-07-24T03:33:58Z

Make kernel load address explicit, independent of the selected MMU configuration and configurable from Kconfig. Do not restrict it to the first 512MB of the physical address space. Cleanup kernel memory layout macros: - rename VECBASE_RESET_VADDR to VECBASE_VADDR, XC_VADDR to VECTOR_VADDR; - drop VIRTUAL_MEMORY_ADDRESS and LOAD_MEMORY_ADDRESS; - introduce PHYS_OFFSET and use it in __va and __pa definitions; - synchronize MMU/noMMU vectors, drop unused NMI vector; - replace hardcoded vectors offset of 0x3000 with Kconfig symbol. Signed-off-by: Max Filippov

xtensa: move kernel mapping addresses into kmem_layout.h

2016-07-24T03:33:57Z

Create a header dedicated to memory layout definitions. Include it from places where these definitions are needed. Express vmalloc area address, VIRTUAL_MEMORY_ADDRESS and KERNELOFFSET through KSEG address. Signed-off-by: Max Filippov

xtensa: drop unused sections and remapped reset handlers

2015-11-03T14:19:39Z

There are no .bootstrap or .ResetVector.text sections linked to the vmlinux image, drop these sections from vmlinux.ld.S. Drop RESET_VECTOR_VADDR definition only used for .ResetVector.text. Drop remapped copies of primary and secondary reset vectors, as modern gdb don't have problems stepping through instructions at arbitrary locations. Drop corresponding sections from the corresponding linker scripts. Signed-off-by: Max Filippov