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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/Kconfig | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/Kconfig-nommu | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/kernel/signal.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/kernel/traps.c | 9 |
4 files changed, 31 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig index 32ba00bd0a2f..b674614d090b 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig @@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ config FIQ config ARCH_MTD_XIP bool +config VECTORS_BASE + hex + default 0xffff0000 if MMU + default DRAM_BASE if REMAP_VECTORS_TO_RAM + default 0x00000000 + help + The base address of exception vectors. + source "init/Kconfig" menu "System Type" diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig-nommu b/arch/arm/Kconfig-nommu index 8ce56e5bd78f..e1574be2ded6 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig-nommu +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig-nommu @@ -25,3 +25,20 @@ config FLASH_SIZE hex 'FLASH Size' if SET_MEM_PARAM default 0x00400000 +config REMAP_VECTORS_TO_RAM + bool 'Install vectors to the begining of RAM' if DRAM_BASE + depends on DRAM_BASE + help + The kernel needs to change the hardware exception vectors. + In nommu mode, the hardware exception vectors are normally + placed at address 0x00000000. However, this region may be + occupied by read-only memory depending on H/W design. + + If the region contains read-write memory, say 'n' here. + + If your CPU provides a remap facility which allows the exception + vectors to be mapped to writable memory, say 'n' here. + + Otherwise, say 'y' here. In this case, the kernel will require + external support to redirect the hardware exception vectors to + the writable versions located at DRAM_BASE. diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.h b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.h index 9991049c522d..27beece15502 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.h +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.h @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as * published by the Free Software Foundation. */ -#define KERN_SIGRETURN_CODE 0xffff0500 +#define KERN_SIGRETURN_CODE (CONFIG_VECTORS_BASE + 0x00000500) extern const unsigned long sigreturn_codes[7]; diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c index 03924bcc6129..32b0570329e7 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c @@ -688,6 +688,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(abort); void __init trap_init(void) { + unsigned long vectors = CONFIG_VECTORS_BASE; extern char __stubs_start[], __stubs_end[]; extern char __vectors_start[], __vectors_end[]; extern char __kuser_helper_start[], __kuser_helper_end[]; @@ -698,9 +699,9 @@ void __init trap_init(void) * into the vector page, mapped at 0xffff0000, and ensure these * are visible to the instruction stream. */ - memcpy((void *)0xffff0000, __vectors_start, __vectors_end - __vectors_start); - memcpy((void *)0xffff0200, __stubs_start, __stubs_end - __stubs_start); - memcpy((void *)0xffff1000 - kuser_sz, __kuser_helper_start, kuser_sz); + memcpy((void *)vectors, __vectors_start, __vectors_end - __vectors_start); + memcpy((void *)vectors + 0x200, __stubs_start, __stubs_end - __stubs_start); + memcpy((void *)vectors + 0x1000 - kuser_sz, __kuser_helper_start, kuser_sz); /* * Copy signal return handlers into the vector page, and @@ -709,6 +710,6 @@ void __init trap_init(void) memcpy((void *)KERN_SIGRETURN_CODE, sigreturn_codes, sizeof(sigreturn_codes)); - flush_icache_range(0xffff0000, 0xffff0000 + PAGE_SIZE); + flush_icache_range(vectors, vectors + PAGE_SIZE); modify_domain(DOMAIN_USER, DOMAIN_CLIENT); } |