From de24bc7e0e3528f3d3c4731ab053a3e8d621ab7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Roese Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:09:59 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] mips: start.S: Add Octeon boot header compatibility Octeon has a specific boot header, when booted via SPI NOR, NAND or MMC. Here the only 2 instructions are allowed in the first few bytes of the image. And these instructions need to be one branch and a nop. This patch adds the necessary nop after the nop, to that the common MIPS image is compatible with this Octeon header. The tool to patch the Octeon boot header into the image will be send in a follow-up patch. Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese Cc: Aaron Williams Cc: Chandrakala Chavva Cc: Daniel Schwierzeck Reviewed-by: Daniel Schwierzeck --- arch/mips/cpu/start.S | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/start.S b/arch/mips/cpu/start.S index d0c412236d..335aafa6a8 100644 --- a/arch/mips/cpu/start.S +++ b/arch/mips/cpu/start.S @@ -74,9 +74,14 @@ .endm ENTRY(_start) - /* U-Boot entry point */ + /* + * U-Boot entry point. + * Do not add instructions to the branch delay slot! Some SoC's + * like Octeon might patch the final U-Boot binary at this location + * with additional boot headers. + */ b reset - mtc0 zero, CP0_COUNT # clear cp0 count for most accurate boot timing + nop #if defined(CONFIG_MIPS_INSERT_BOOT_CONFIG) /* @@ -123,6 +128,7 @@ ENTRY(_start) #endif reset: + mtc0 zero, CP0_COUNT # clear cp0 count for most accurate boot timing #if __mips_isa_rev >= 6 mfc0 t0, CP0_CONFIG, 5 and t0, t0, MIPS_CONF5_VP -- 2.39.5