ARM: Allow SMP kernels to boot on UP systems

UP systems do not implement all the instructions that SMP systems have,
so in order to boot a SMP kernel on a UP system, we need to rewrite
parts of the kernel.

Do this using an 'alternatives' scheme, where the kernel code and data
is modified prior to initialization to replace the SMP instructions,
thereby rendering the problematical code ineffectual.  We use the linker
to generate a list of 32-bit word locations and their replacement values,
and run through these replacements when we detect a UP system.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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Russell King
2010-09-04 10:47:48 +01:00
parent 067173526c
commit f00ec48fad
14 changed files with 237 additions and 102 deletions

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@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ SECTIONS
__tagtable_begin = .;
*(.taglist.init)
__tagtable_end = .;
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP_ON_UP
__smpalt_begin = .;
*(.alt.smp.init)
__smpalt_end = .;
#endif
INIT_SETUP(16)
@@ -237,6 +242,12 @@ SECTIONS
/* Default discards */
DISCARDS
#ifndef CONFIG_SMP_ON_UP
/DISCARD/ : {
*(.alt.smp.init)
}
#endif
}
/*