linux-toradex.git/arch/mips/Makefile, branch v4.10

MIPS: Fix build of compressed image

2016-11-03T23:37:15+00:00

Changes introduced to arch/mips/Makefile for the generic kernel resulted
in build errors when making a compressed image if platform-y has multiple
values, like this:

make[2]: *** No rule to make target `alchemy/'.
make[1]: *** [vmlinuz] Error 2
make[1]: Target `_all' not remade because of errors.
make: *** [sub-make] Error 2
make: Target `_all' not remade because of errors.

Fix this by quoting $(platform-y) as it is passed to the Makefile in
arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile

Reported-by: kernelci.org bot 
Link: https://storage.kernelci.org/next/next-20161017/mips-gpr_defconfig/build.log
Signed-off-by: Matt Redfearn 
Reviewed-by: Paul Burton 
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14405/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle

MIPS: generic: Convert SEAD-3 to a generic board

2016-10-06T16:04:20+00:00

Convert the MIPS SEAD-3 board support to be a generic board, supported
by generic kernels.

Because the SEAD-3 boot protocol was defined long ago and we don't want
to force a switch to the UHI protocol, SEAD-3 is added as a legacy board
which is detected by reading the REVISION register. This may technically
not be a valid memory read & future work will include attempting to
handle that gracefully. In practice since SEAD-3 is the only legacy
board supported by the generic kernel so far the read will only happen
on SEAD-3 boards, and even once Malta is converted the same REVISION
register exists there too. Other boards such as Boston, Ci20 & Ci40 will
use the UHI boot protocol & thus not run any of the legacy board detect
functions.

Signed-off-by: Paul Burton 
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14354/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle

MIPS: generic: Introduce generic DT-based board support

2016-10-06T16:04:04+00:00

Introduce a "generic" platform, which aims to be board-agnostic by
making use of device trees passed by the boot protocol defined in the
MIPS UHI (Universal Hosting Interface) specification. Provision is made
for supporting boards which use a legacy boot protocol that can't be
changed, but adding support for such boards or any others is left to
followon patches.

Right now the built kernels expect to be loaded to 0x80100000, ie. in
kseg0. This is fine for the vast majority of MIPS platforms, but
nevertheless it would be good to remove this limitation in the future by
mapping the kernel via the TLB such that it can be loaded anywhere & map
itself appropriately.

Configuration is handled by dynamically generating configs using
scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh, somewhat similar to the way powerpc
makes use of it. This allows for variations upon the configuration, eg.
differing architecture revisions or subsets of driver support for
differing boards, to be handled without having a large number of
defconfig files.

Signed-off-by: Paul Burton 
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14353/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle

MIPS: Support generating Flattened Image Trees (.itb)

2016-10-06T16:03:10+00:00

Add support for generating kernel images in the Flattened Image Tree
(.itb) format as supported by U-Boot. This format is essentially a
Flattened Device Tree binary containing images (kernels, DTBs, ramdisks)
and configurations which link those images together. The big advantages
of FIT images over the uImage format are:

  - We can include FDTs in the kernel image in a way that the bootloader
    can extract it & manipulate it before providing it to the kernel.
    Thus we can ship FDTs as part of the kernel giving us the advantages
    of being able to develop & maintain the DT within the kernel tree,
    but also have the benefits of the bootloader being able to
    manipulate the FDT. Example uses for this would be to inject the
    kernel command line into the chosen node, or to fill in the correct
    memory size.

  - We can include multiple configurations in a single kernel image.
    This means that a single FIT image can, given appropriate
    bootloaders, be booted on different boards with the bootloader
    selecting an appropriate configuration & providing the correct FDT
    to the kernel.

  - We can support a multitude of hashes over the data.

Signed-off-by: Paul Burton 
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14352/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle

MIPS: Remove compact branch policy Kconfig entries

2016-09-13T12:14:50+00:00

Commit c1a0e9bc885d ("MIPS: Allow compact branch policy to be changed")
added Kconfig entries allowing for the compact branch policy used by the
compiler for MIPSr6 kernels to be specified. This can be useful for
debugging, particularly in systems where compact branches have recently
been introduced.

Unfortunately mainline gcc 5.x supports MIPSr6 but not the
-mcompact-branches compiler flag, leading to MIPSr6 kernels failing to
build with gcc 5.x with errors such as:

  mipsel-linux-gnu-gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-mcompact-branches=optimal'
  make[2]: *** [kernel/bounds.s] Error 1

Fixing this by hiding the Kconfig entry behind another seems to be more
hassle than it's worth, as MIPSr6 & compact branches have been around
for a while now and if policy does need to be set for debug it can be
done easily enough with KCFLAGS. Therefore remove the compact branch
policy Kconfig entries & their handling in the Makefile.

This reverts commit c1a0e9bc885d ("MIPS: Allow compact branch policy to
be changed").

Signed-off-by: Paul Burton 
Reported-by: kbuild test robot 
Fixes: c1a0e9bc885d ("MIPS: Allow compact branch policy to be changed")
Cc: stable  # v4.4+
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14241/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle

MIPS: Fix VZ probe gas errors with binutils <2.24

2016-05-17T09:06:04+00:00

The VZ guest register & TLB access macros introduced in commit "MIPS:
Add guest CP0 accessors" use VZ ASE specific instructions that aren't
understood by versions of binutils prior to 2.24.

Add a check for whether the toolchain supports the -mvirt option,
similar to the MSA toolchain check, and implement the accessors using
.word if not.

Due to difficulty in converting compiler specified registers (e.g. "$3")
to usable numbers (e.g. "3") in inline asm, we need to copy to/from a
temporary register, namely the assembler temporary (at/$1), and specify
guest CP0 registers numerically in the gc0 macros.

Fixes: 7eb91118227d ("MIPS: Add guest CP0 accessors")
Signed-off-by: James Hogan 
Reported-by: Guenter Roeck 
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-next@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/13255/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle

MIPS: Generate relocation table when CONFIG_RELOCATABLE

2016-05-13T12:02:02+00:00

When CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is enabled (added in later patch) add
--emit-relocs to vmlinux LDFLAGS so that fully linked vmlinux contains
relocation information.

Run the previously added relocs tool to fill in the .data.relocs section
of vmlinux with a table of relocations. The relocs tool will also remove
(mark as 0 length) the relocation sections added to vmlinux.

When vmlinux is passed to the boot makefile for conversion into a boot
image the now empty relocation sections will be removed and the
populated relocation table will be included in the binary image.

Signed-off-by: Matt Redfearn 
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/12983/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle

MIPS: tools: Build relocs tool

2016-05-13T12:02:02+00:00

Build the relocs tool as part of the kbuild

Signed-off-by: Matt Redfearn 
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli 
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/12980/
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/13242/
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/13233/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle

MIPS: Loongson-3: Improve -march option and move it to Platform

2016-01-22T00:59:18+00:00

If GCC >= 4.9 and Binutils >=2.25, we use -march=loongson3a, otherwise
we use -march=mips64r2, this can slightly improve performance. Besides,
arch/mips/loongson64/Platform is a better location rather than arch/
mips/Makefile.

Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen 
Cc: Aurelien Jarno 
Cc: Steven J. Hill 
Cc: Fuxin Zhang 
Cc: Zhangjin Wu 
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/12161/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle

MIPS: Allow compact branch policy to be changed

2015-10-26T08:49:40+00:00

When debugging it can be helpful to change the policy for compiler use
of MIPSr6 compact branches, in order to rule out or home in on their
involvement in bugs. Allow the GCC -mcompact-branches= flag to be set
via Kconfig under the "Kernel hacking" menu.

Signed-off-by: Paul Burton 
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/11178/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle