ARM: 6999/1: head, zImage: Always Enter the kernel in ARM state

Currently, the documented kernel entry requirements are not
explicit about whether the kernel should be entered in ARM or
Thumb, leading to an ambiguitity about how to enter Thumb-2
kernels.  As a result, the kernel is reliant on the zImage
decompressor to enter the kernel proper in the correct instruction
set state.

This patch changes the boot entry protocol for head.S and Image to
be the same as for zImage: in all cases, the kernel is now entered
in ARM.

Documentation/arm/Booting is updated to reflect this new policy.

A different rule will be needed for Cortex-M class CPUs as and when
support for those lands in mainline, since these CPUs don't support
the ARM instruction set at all: a note is added to the effect that
the kernel must be entered in Thumb on such systems.

Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
This commit is contained in:
Dave Martin
2011-07-13 15:53:30 +01:00
committed by Russell King
parent c7e89b16eb
commit 540b573875
4 changed files with 23 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -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