Merge branch 'elf_reloc'

Conflicts:
	arch/arm/include/asm/config.h
	board/LaCie/edminiv2/config.mk
	board/karo/tx25/config.mk
	board/logicpd/imx27lite/config.mk
	doc/README.arm-relocation

Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>

11 files changed, 312 insertions, 239 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/config.mk b/arch/arm/config.mk
index 6923f6dafaf..21c1e33e674 100644
--- a/arch/arm/config.mk
+++ b/arch/arm/config.mk
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR = 0xc100000
 endif
 endif
 
-ifndef CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC
-# needed for relocation
-PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -fPIC
-endif
-
 ifdef CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC
 endif
@@ -72,3 +67,10 @@ PLATFORM_LIBS += $(OBJTREE)/arch/arm/lib/eabi_compat.o
 endif
 endif
 LDSCRIPT := $(SRCTREE)/$(CPUDIR)/u-boot.lds
+
+ifndef CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC
+# needed for relocation
+ifndef CONFIG_NAND_SPL
+PLATFORM_LDFLAGS += -pie
+endif
+endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S
index 5008ac6e9e2..29ed065c011 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S
@@ -89,48 +89,35 @@ _end_vect:
 _TEXT_BASE:
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC)
-.globl _armboot_start
-_armboot_start:
-	.word _start
-#endif
-
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
+ * Subtracting _start from them lets the linker put their
+ * relative position in the executable instead of leaving
+ * them null.
  */
-.globl _bss_start
-_bss_start:
-	.word __bss_start
-
-.globl _bss_end
-_bss_end:
-	.word _end
-
-#if !defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC)
-.globl _datarel_start
-_datarel_start:
-	.word __datarel_start
+.globl _bss_start_ofs
+_bss_start_ofs:
+	.word __bss_start - _start
 
-.globl _datarelrolocal_start
-_datarelrolocal_start:
-	.word __datarelrolocal_start
+.globl _bss_end_ofs
+_bss_end_ofs:
+	.word _end - _start
 
-.globl _datarellocal_start
-_datarellocal_start:
-	.word __datarellocal_start
+.globl _datarel_start_ofs
+_datarel_start_ofs:
+	.word __datarel_start - _start
 
-.globl _datarelro_start
-_datarelro_start:
-	.word __datarelro_start
+.globl _datarelrolocal_start_ofs
+_datarelrolocal_start_ofs:
+	.word __datarelrolocal_start - _start
 
-.globl _got_start
-_got_start:
-	.word __got_start
+.globl _datarellocal_start_ofs
+_datarellocal_start_ofs:
+	.word __datarellocal_start - _start
 
-.globl _got_end
-_got_end:
-	.word __got_end
-#endif
+.globl _datarelro_start_ofs
+_datarelro_start_ofs:
+	.word __datarelro_start - _start
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
 /* IRQ stack memory (calculated at run-time) */
@@ -225,9 +212,8 @@ stack_setup:
 
 	adr	r0, _start
 	ldr	r2, _TEXT_BASE
-	ldr	r3, _bss_start
-	sub	r2, r3, r2		/* r2 <- size of armboot	    */
-	add	r2, r0, r2		/* r2 <- source end address	    */
+	ldr	r3, _bss_start_ofs
+	add	r2, r0, r3		/* r2 <- source end address	    */
 	cmp	r0, r6
 	beq	clear_bss
 
@@ -239,36 +225,54 @@ copy_loop:
 	blo	copy_loop
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
-	/* fix got entries */
-	ldr	r1, _TEXT_BASE
-	mov	r0, r7			/* reloc addr */
-	ldr	r2, _got_start		/* addr in Flash */
-	ldr	r3, _got_end		/* addr in Flash */
-	sub	r3, r3, r1
-	add	r3, r3, r0
-	sub	r2, r2, r1
-	add	r2, r2, r0
-
+	/*
+	 * fix .rel.dyn relocations
+	 */
+	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE		/* r0 <- Text base */
+	sub	r9, r7, r0		/* r9 <- relocation offset */
+	ldr	r10, _dynsym_start_ofs	/* r10 <- sym table ofs */
+	add	r10, r10, r0		/* r10 <- sym table in FLASH */
+	ldr	r2, _rel_dyn_start_ofs	/* r2 <- rel dyn start ofs */
+	add	r2, r2, r0		/* r2 <- rel dyn start in FLASH */
+	ldr	r3, _rel_dyn_end_ofs	/* r3 <- rel dyn end ofs */
+	add	r3, r3, r0		/* r3 <- rel dyn end in FLASH */
 fixloop:
-	ldr	r4, [r2]
-	sub	r4, r4, r1
-	add	r4, r4, r0
-	str	r4, [r2]
-	add	r2, r2, #4
+	ldr	r0, [r2]	/* r0 <- location to fix up, IN FLASH! */
+	add	r0, r9		/* r0 <- location to fix up in RAM */
+	ldr	r1, [r2, #4]
+	and	r8, r1, #0xff
+	cmp	r8, #23		/* relative fixup? */
+	beq	fixrel
+	cmp	r8, #2		/* absolute fixup? */
+	beq	fixabs
+	/* ignore unknown type of fixup */
+	b	fixnext
+fixabs:
+	/* absolute fix: set location to (offset) symbol value */
+	mov	r1, r1, LSR #4		/* r1 <- symbol index in .dynsym */
+	add	r1, r10, r1		/* r1 <- address of symbol in table */
+	ldr	r1, [r1, #4]		/* r1 <- symbol value */
+	add	r1, r9			/* r1 <- relocated sym addr */
+	b	fixnext
+fixrel:
+	/* relative fix: increase location by offset */
+	ldr	r1, [r0]
+	add	r1, r1, r9
+fixnext:
+	str	r1, [r0]
+	add	r2, r2, #8	/* each rel.dyn entry is 8 bytes */
 	cmp	r2, r3
-	bne	fixloop
+	ble	fixloop
 #endif
 #endif	/* #ifndef CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT */
 
 clear_bss:
 #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
-	ldr	r0, _bss_start
-	ldr	r1, _bss_end
+	ldr	r0, _bss_start_ofs
+	ldr	r1, _bss_end_ofs
 	ldr	r3, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
 	mov	r4, r7			/* reloc addr */
-	sub	r0, r0, r3
 	add	r0, r0, r4
-	sub	r1, r1, r3
 	add	r1, r1, r4
 	mov	r2, #0x00000000		/* clear			    */
 
@@ -283,24 +287,34 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
  * initialization, now running from RAM.
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_NAND_SPL
-	ldr     pc, _nand_boot
-
-_nand_boot: .word nand_boot
+	ldr     r0, _nand_boot_ofs
+	adr	r1, _start
+	add	pc, r0, r1
+_nand_boot_ofs
+	: .word nand_boot - _start
 #else
 jump_2_ram:
-	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE
-	ldr	r2, _board_init_r
-	sub	r2, r2, r0
-	add	r2, r2, r7	/* position from board_init_r in RAM */
+	ldr	r0, _board_init_r_ofs
+	adr	r1, _start
+	add	r0, r0, r1
+	add	lr, r0, r9
 	/* setup parameters for board_init_r */
 	mov	r0, r5		/* gd_t */
 	mov	r1, r7		/* dest_addr */
 	/* jump to it ... */
-	mov	lr, r2
 	mov	pc, lr
 
-_board_init_r: .word board_init_r
+_board_init_r_ofs:
+	.word board_init_r - _start
 #endif
+
+_rel_dyn_start_ofs:
+	.word __rel_dyn_start - _start
+_rel_dyn_end_ofs:
+	.word __rel_dyn_end - _start
+_dynsym_start_ofs:
+	.word __dynsym_start - _start
+
 #else /* #if !defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC) */
 /*
  * the actual reset code
@@ -375,8 +389,11 @@ stack_setup:
 	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 clear_bss:
-	ldr	r0, _bss_start		/* find start of bss segment	    */
-	ldr	r1, _bss_end		/* stop here			    */
+	adr	r2, _start
+	ldr	r0, _bss_start_ofs	/* find start of bss segment        */
+	add	r0, r0, r2
+	ldr	r1, _bss_end_ofs	/* stop here                        */
+	add	r1, r1, r2
 	mov	r2, #0x00000000		/* clear			    */
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
@@ -386,15 +403,19 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
 	bne	clbss_l
 #endif
 
-	ldr	pc, _start_armboot
+	ldr	r0, _start_armboot_ofs
+	adr	r1, _start
+	add	r0, r0, r1
+	ldr	pc, r0
 
+_start_armboot_ofs:
 #ifdef CONFIG_NAND_SPL
-_start_armboot: .word nand_boot
+	.word nand_boot - _start
 #else
 #ifdef CONFIG_ONENAND_IPL
-_start_armboot: .word start_oneboot
+	.word start_oneboot - _start
 #else
-_start_armboot: .word start_armboot
+	.word start_armboot - _start
 #endif /* CONFIG_ONENAND_IPL */
 #endif /* CONFIG_NAND_SPL */
 
@@ -487,7 +508,7 @@ cpu_init_crit:
 #if !defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC)
 	ldr	r2, IRQ_STACK_START_IN		@ set base 2 words into abort stack
 #else
-	ldr	r2, _armboot_start
+	adr	r2, _start
 	sub	r2, r2, #(CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN)
 	sub	r2, r2, #(CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_SIZE+8)	@ set base 2 words into abort stack
 #endif
@@ -524,8 +545,8 @@ cpu_init_crit:
 #if !defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC)
 	ldr	r13, IRQ_STACK_START_IN		@ setup our mode stack (enter in banked mode)
 #else
-	ldr	r13, _armboot_start		@ setup our mode stack (enter in banked mode)
-	sub	r13, r13, #(CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN)	@ move past malloc pool
+	adr	r13, _start			@ setup our mode stack (enter in banked mode)
+	sub	r13, r13, #(CONFIG_STACKSIZE+CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN)	@ move past malloc pool
 	sub	r13, r13, #(CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_SIZE+8) @ move to reserved a couple spots for abort stack
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/u-boot.lds
index 1db4b49cc75..31f43f0e084 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/u-boot.lds
@@ -59,11 +59,14 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.data.rel.ro)
 	}
 
-	__got_start = .;
 	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.got : { *(.got) }
+	__rel_dyn_start = .;
+	.rel.dyn : { *(.rel.dyn) }
+	__rel_dyn_end = .;
+
+	__dynsym_start = .;
+	.dynsym : { *(.dynsym) }
 
-	__got_end = .;
 	. = .;
 	__u_boot_cmd_start = .;
 	.u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
@@ -73,4 +76,10 @@ SECTIONS
 	__bss_start = .;
 	.bss (NOLOAD) : { *(.bss) . = ALIGN(4); }
 	_end = .;
+
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynstr*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynamic*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.plt*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
index 8cbe3e74663..863de3ba0fc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *  Copyright (c) 2002	Gary Jennejohn <garyj@denx.de>
  *  Copyright (c) 2003	Richard Woodruff <r-woodruff2@ti.com>
  *  Copyright (c) 2003	Kshitij <kshitij@ti.com>
+ *  Copyright (c) 2010	Albert Aribaud <albert.aribaud@free.fr>
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
  * project.
@@ -118,22 +119,19 @@ _fiq:
 _TEXT_BASE:
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC)
-.globl _armboot_start
-_armboot_start:
-	.word _start
-#endif
-
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
+ * Subtracting _start from them lets the linker put their
+ * relative position in the executable instead of leaving
+ * them null.
  */
-.globl _bss_start
-_bss_start:
-	.word __bss_start
+.globl _bss_start_ofs
+_bss_start_ofs:
+	.word __bss_start - _start
 
-.globl _bss_end
-_bss_end:
-	.word _end
+.globl _bss_end_ofs
+_bss_end_ofs:
+	.word _end - _start
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
 /* IRQ stack memory (calculated at run-time) */
@@ -153,30 +151,6 @@ FIQ_STACK_START:
 IRQ_STACK_START_IN:
 	.word	0x0badc0de
 
-.globl _datarel_start
-_datarel_start:
-	.word __datarel_start
-
-.globl _datarelrolocal_start
-_datarelrolocal_start:
-	.word __datarelrolocal_start
-
-.globl _datarellocal_start
-_datarellocal_start:
-	.word __datarellocal_start
-
-.globl _datarelro_start
-_datarelro_start:
-	.word __datarelro_start
-
-.globl _got_start
-_got_start:
-	.word __got_start
-
-.globl _got_end
-_got_end:
-	.word __got_end
-
 /*
  * the actual reset code
  */
@@ -226,9 +200,8 @@ stack_setup:
 
 	adr	r0, _start
 	ldr	r2, _TEXT_BASE
-	ldr	r3, _bss_start
-	sub	r2, r3, r2		/* r2 <- size of armboot	    */
-	add	r2, r0, r2		/* r2 <- source end address	    */
+	ldr	r3, _bss_start_ofs
+	add	r2, r0, r3		/* r2 <- source end address	    */
 	cmp	r0, r6
 	beq	clear_bss
 
@@ -240,36 +213,54 @@ copy_loop:
 	blo	copy_loop
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
-	/* fix got entries */
-	ldr	r1, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
-	mov	r0, r7			/* reloc addr */
-	ldr	r2, _got_start		/* addr in Flash */
-	ldr	r3, _got_end		/* addr in Flash */
-	sub	r3, r3, r1
-	add	r3, r3, r0
-	sub	r2, r2, r1
-	add	r2, r2, r0
-
+	/*
+	 * fix .rel.dyn relocations
+	 */
+	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE		/* r0 <- Text base */
+	sub	r9, r7, r0		/* r9 <- relocation offset */
+	ldr	r10, _dynsym_start_ofs	/* r10 <- sym table ofs */
+	add	r10, r10, r0		/* r10 <- sym table in FLASH */
+	ldr	r2, _rel_dyn_start_ofs	/* r2 <- rel dyn start ofs */
+	add	r2, r2, r0		/* r2 <- rel dyn start in FLASH */
+	ldr	r3, _rel_dyn_end_ofs	/* r3 <- rel dyn end ofs */
+	add	r3, r3, r0		/* r3 <- rel dyn end in FLASH */
 fixloop:
-	ldr	r4, [r2]
-	sub	r4, r4, r1
-	add	r4, r4, r0
-	str	r4, [r2]
-	add	r2, r2, #4
+	ldr	r0, [r2]	/* r0 <- location to fix up, IN FLASH! */
+	add	r0, r9		/* r0 <- location to fix up in RAM */
+	ldr	r1, [r2, #4]
+	and	r8, r1, #0xff
+	cmp	r8, #23		/* relative fixup? */
+	beq	fixrel
+	cmp	r8, #2		/* absolute fixup? */
+	beq	fixabs
+	/* ignore unknown type of fixup */
+	b	fixnext
+fixabs:
+	/* absolute fix: set location to (offset) symbol value */
+	mov	r1, r1, LSR #4		/* r1 <- symbol index in .dynsym */
+	add	r1, r10, r1		/* r1 <- address of symbol in table */
+	ldr	r1, [r1, #4]		/* r1 <- symbol value */
+	add	r1, r9			/* r1 <- relocated sym addr */
+	b	fixnext
+fixrel:
+	/* relative fix: increase location by offset */
+	ldr	r1, [r0]
+	add	r1, r1, r9
+fixnext:
+	str	r1, [r0]
+	add	r2, r2, #8	/* each rel.dyn entry is 8 bytes */
 	cmp	r2, r3
-	bne	fixloop
+	blo	fixloop
 #endif
 #endif	/* #ifndef CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT */
 
 clear_bss:
 #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
-	ldr	r0, _bss_start
-	ldr	r1, _bss_end
+	ldr	r0, _bss_start_ofs
+	ldr	r1, _bss_end_ofs
 	ldr	r3, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
 	mov	r4, r7			/* reloc addr */
-	sub	r0, r0, r3
 	add	r0, r0, r4
-	sub	r1, r1, r3
 	add	r1, r1, r4
 	mov	r2, #0x00000000		/* clear			    */
 
@@ -287,24 +278,33 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
  * initialization, now running from RAM.
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_NAND_SPL
-	ldr     pc, _nand_boot
+	ldr     r0, _nand_boot_ofs
+	mov	pc, r0
 
-_nand_boot: .word nand_boot
+_nand_boot_ofs:
+	.word nand_boot
 #else
-	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE
-	ldr	r2, _board_init_r
-	sub	r2, r2, r0
-	add	r2, r2, r7	/* position from board_init_r in RAM */
+	ldr	r0, _board_init_r_ofs
+	adr	r1, _start
+	add	r0, r0, r1
+	add	lr, r0, r9
 	/* setup parameters for board_init_r */
 	mov	r0, r5		/* gd_t */
 	mov	r1, r7		/* dest_addr */
 	/* jump to it ... */
-	mov	lr, r2
 	mov	pc, lr
 
-_board_init_r: .word board_init_r
+_board_init_r_ofs:
+	.word board_init_r - _start
 #endif
 
+_rel_dyn_start_ofs:
+	.word __rel_dyn_start - _start
+_rel_dyn_end_ofs:
+	.word __rel_dyn_end - _start
+_dynsym_start_ofs:
+	.word __dynsym_start - _start
+
 #else /* #if !defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC) */
 /*
  * the actual reset code
@@ -333,10 +333,8 @@ relocate:				/* relocate U-Boot to RAM	    */
 	ldr	r1, _TEXT_BASE		/* test if we run from flash or RAM */
 	cmp     r0, r1                  /* don't reloc during debug         */
 	beq     stack_setup
-	ldr	r2, _armboot_start
-	ldr	r3, _bss_start
-	sub	r2, r3, r2		/* r2 <- size of armboot            */
-	add	r2, r0, r2		/* r2 <- source end address         */
+	ldr	r3, _bss_start_ofs	/* r3 <- _bss_start - _start	    */
+	add	r2, r0, r3		/* r2 <- source end address         */
 
 copy_loop:
 	ldmia	r0!, {r3-r10}		/* copy from source address [r0]    */
@@ -360,8 +358,11 @@ stack_setup:
 	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 clear_bss:
-	ldr	r0, _bss_start		/* find start of bss segment        */
-	ldr	r1, _bss_end		/* stop here                        */
+	adr	r2, _start
+	ldr	r0, _bss_start_ofs	/* find start of bss segment        */
+	add	r0, r0, r2
+	ldr	r1, _bss_end_ofs	/* stop here                        */
+	add	r1, r1, r2
 	mov	r2, #0x00000000		/* clear                            */
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
@@ -374,13 +375,16 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...                    */
 	bl red_LED_on
 #endif /* CONFIG_PRELOADER */
 
-	ldr	pc, _start_armboot
+	ldr	r0, _start_armboot_ofs
+	adr	r1, _start
+	add	r0, r0, r1
+	ldr	pc, r0
 
-_start_armboot:
+_start_armboot_ofs:
 #ifdef CONFIG_NAND_SPL
-	.word nand_boot
+	.word nand_boot - _start
 #else
-	.word start_armboot
+	.word start_armboot - _start
 #endif /* CONFIG_NAND_SPL */
 #endif /* #if !defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC) */
 
@@ -469,7 +473,7 @@ cpu_init_crit:
 	sub	sp, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE
 	stmia	sp, {r0 - r12}	@ Save user registers (now in svc mode) r0-r12
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC)
-	ldr	r2, _armboot_start
+	adr	r2, _start
 	sub	r2, r2, #(CONFIG_STACKSIZE+CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN)
 	sub	r2, r2, #(CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_SIZE+8)  @ set base 2 words into abort stack
 #else
@@ -507,7 +511,7 @@ cpu_init_crit:
 
 	.macro get_bad_stack
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC)
-	ldr	r13, _armboot_start		@ setup our mode stack
+	adr	r13, _start		@ setup our mode stack
 	sub	r13, r13, #(CONFIG_STACKSIZE+CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN)
 	sub	r13, r13, #(CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_SIZE+8) @ reserved a couple spots in abort stack
 #else
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/u-boot.lds
index 02eb8ca6072..72f45f80040 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/u-boot.lds
@@ -41,21 +41,19 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	.data : {
 		*(.data)
-	__datarel_start = .;
-		*(.data.rel)
-	__datarelrolocal_start = .;
-		*(.data.rel.ro.local)
-	__datarellocal_start = .;
-		*(.data.rel.local)
-	__datarelro_start = .;
-		*(.data.rel.ro)
 	}
 
-	__got_start = .;
 	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.got : { *(.got) }
 
-	__got_end = .;
+	__rel_dyn_start = .;
+	.rel.dyn : { *(.rel.dyn) }
+	__rel_dyn_end = .;
+
+	__dynsym_start = .;
+	.dynsym : { *(.dynsym) }
+
+	. = ALIGN(4);
+
 	. = .;
 	__u_boot_cmd_start = .;
 	.u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
@@ -65,4 +63,10 @@ SECTIONS
 	__bss_start = .;
 	.bss (NOLOAD) : { *(.bss) . = ALIGN(4); }
 	_end = .;
+
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynstr*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynamic*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.plt*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
index 26f335a9161..64c86e97690 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ _armboot_start:
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
  */
-.globl _bss_start
-_bss_start:
-	.word __bss_start
+.globl _bss_start_ofs
+_bss_start_ofs:
+	.word __bss_start - _start
 
-.globl _bss_end
-_bss_end:
-	.word _end
+.globl _bss_end_ofs
+_bss_end_ofs:
+	.word _end - _start
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
 /* IRQ stack memory (calculated at run-time) */
@@ -104,29 +104,29 @@ FIQ_STACK_START:
 IRQ_STACK_START_IN:
 	.word	0x0badc0de
 
-.globl _datarel_start
-_datarel_start:
-	.word __datarel_start
+.globl _datarel_start_ofs
+_datarel_start_ofs:
+	.word __datarel_start - _start
 
-.globl _datarelrolocal_start
-_datarelrolocal_start:
-	.word __datarelrolocal_start
+.globl _datarelrolocal_start_ofs
+_datarelrolocal_start_ofs:
+	.word __datarelrolocal_start - _start
 
-.globl _datarellocal_start
-_datarellocal_start:
-	.word __datarellocal_start
+.globl _datarellocal_start_ofs
+_datarellocal_start_ofs:
+	.word __datarellocal_start - _start
 
-.globl _datarelro_start
-_datarelro_start:
-	.word __datarelro_start
+.globl _datarelro_start_ofs
+_datarelro_start_ofs:
+	.word __datarelro_start - _start
 
-.globl _got_start
-_got_start:
-	.word __got_start
+.globl _got_start_ofs
+_got_start_ofs:
+	.word __got_start - _start
 
-.globl _got_end
-_got_end:
-	.word __got_end
+.globl _got_end_Ofs
+_got_end_ofs:
+	.word __got_end - _start
 
 /*
  * the actual reset code
@@ -198,9 +198,8 @@ stack_setup:
 #ifndef CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT
 	adr	r0, _start
 	ldr	r2, _TEXT_BASE
-	ldr	r3, _bss_start
-	sub	r2, r3, r2		/* r2 <- size of armboot	    */
-	add	r2, r0, r2		/* r2 <- source end address	    */
+	ldr	r3, _bss_start_ofs
+	add	r2, r0, r3		/* r2 <- source end address	    */
 	cmp	r0, r6
 #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
 	beq	jump_2_ram
@@ -213,33 +212,51 @@ copy_loop:
 	blo	copy_loop
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_PRELOADER
-	/* fix got entries */
-	ldr	r1, _TEXT_BASE
-	mov	r0, r7			/* reloc addr */
-	ldr	r2, _got_start		/* addr in Flash */
-	ldr	r3, _got_end		/* addr in Flash */
-	sub	r3, r3, r1
-	add	r3, r3, r0
-	sub	r2, r2, r1
-	add	r2, r2, r0
-
+	/*
+	 * fix .rel.dyn relocations
+	 */
+	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE		/* r0 <- Text base */
+	sub	r9, r7, r0		/* r9 <- relocation offset */
+	ldr	r10, _dynsym_start_ofs	/* r10 <- sym table ofs */
+	add	r10, r10, r0		/* r10 <- sym table in FLASH */
+	ldr	r2, _rel_dyn_start_ofs	/* r2 <- rel dyn start ofs */
+	add	r2, r2, r0		/* r2 <- rel dyn start in FLASH */
+	ldr	r3, _rel_dyn_end_ofs	/* r3 <- rel dyn end ofs */
+	add	r3, r3, r0		/* r3 <- rel dyn end in FLASH */
 fixloop:
-	ldr	r4, [r2]
-	sub	r4, r4, r1
-	add	r4, r4, r0
-	str	r4, [r2]
-	add	r2, r2, #4
+	ldr	r0, [r2]	/* r0 <- location to fix up, IN FLASH! */
+	add	r0, r9		/* r0 <- location to fix up in RAM */
+	ldr	r1, [r2, #4]
+	and	r8, r1, #0xff
+	cmp	r8, #23		/* relative fixup? */
+	beq	fixrel
+	cmp	r8, #2		/* absolute fixup? */
+	beq	fixabs
+	/* ignore unknown type of fixup */
+	b	fixnext
+fixabs:
+	/* absolute fix: set location to (offset) symbol value */
+	mov	r1, r1, LSR #4		/* r1 <- symbol index in .dynsym */
+	add	r1, r10, r1		/* r1 <- address of symbol in table */
+	ldr	r1, [r1, #4]		/* r1 <- symbol value */
+	add	r1, r9			/* r1 <- relocated sym addr */
+	b	fixnext
+fixrel:
+	/* relative fix: increase location by offset */
+	ldr	r1, [r0]
+	add	r1, r1, r9
+fixnext:
+	str	r1, [r0]
+	add	r2, r2, #8	/* each rel.dyn entry is 8 bytes */
 	cmp	r2, r3
-	bne	fixloop
+	blo	fixloop
 
 clear_bss:
-	ldr	r0, _bss_start
-	ldr	r1, _bss_end
+	ldr	r0, _bss_start_ofs
+	ldr	r1, _bss_end_ofs
 	ldr	r3, _TEXT_BASE		/* Text base */
 	mov	r4, r7			/* reloc addr */
-	sub	r0, r0, r3
 	add	r0, r0, r4
-	sub	r1, r1, r3
 	add	r1, r1, r4
 	mov	r2, #0x00000000		/* clear			    */
 
@@ -255,18 +272,26 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
  * initialization, now running from RAM.
  */
 jump_2_ram:
-	ldr	r0, _TEXT_BASE
-	ldr	r2, _board_init_r
-	sub	r2, r2, r0
-	add	r2, r2, r7	/* position from board_init_r in RAM */
+	ldr	r0, _board_init_r_ofs
+	adr	r1, _start
+	add	r0, r0, r1
+	add	lr, r0, r9
 	/* setup parameters for board_init_r */
 	mov	r0, r5		/* gd_t */
 	mov	r1, r7		/* dest_addr */
 	/* jump to it ... */
-	mov	lr, r2
 	mov	pc, lr
 
-_board_init_r: .word board_init_r
+_board_init_r_ofs:
+	.word board_init_r - _start
+
+_rel_dyn_start_ofs:
+	.word __rel_dyn_start - _start
+_rel_dyn_end_ofs:
+	.word __rel_dyn_end - _start
+_dynsym_start_ofs:
+	.word __dynsym_start - _start
+
 #else /* #if !defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC) */
 /*
  * the actual reset code
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/u-boot.lds
index d4fd3fccee6..88a0fecd86b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/u-boot.lds
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ SECTIONS
 	__datarelro_start = .;
 		*(.data.rel.ro)
 	}
+	. = ALIGN(4);
+	__rel_dyn_start = .;
+	.rel.dyn : { *(.rel.dyn) }
+	__rel_dyn_end = .;
+
+	__dynsym_start = .;
+	.dynsym : { *(.dynsym) }
 
 	__got_start = .;
 	. = ALIGN(4);
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/config.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/config.h
index d8e33fc5135..4124f0a9922 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/config.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/config.h
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_CONFIG_H_
 #define _ASM_CONFIG_H_
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC)
 /* Relocation to SDRAM works on all ARM boards */
 #define CONFIG_RELOC_FIXUP_WORKS
-#endif
+
 #define CONFIG_LMB
 #define CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/u-boot-arm.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/u-boot-arm.h
index faf800a17be..4ac4f612e94 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/u-boot-arm.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/u-boot-arm.h
@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@
 #define _U_BOOT_ARM_H_	1
 
 /* for the following variables, see start.S */
-extern ulong _bss_start;	/* code + data end == BSS start */
-extern ulong _bss_end;		/* BSS end */
+extern ulong _bss_start_ofs;	/* BSS start relative to _start */
+extern ulong _bss_end_ofs;		/* BSS end relative to _start */
 extern ulong IRQ_STACK_START;	/* top of IRQ stack */
 extern ulong FIQ_STACK_START;	/* top of FIQ stack */
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC)
-extern ulong _armboot_start;	/* code start */
+extern ulong _armboot_start_ofs;	/* code start */
 #else
 extern ulong _TEXT_BASE;	/* code start */
-extern ulong _datarel_start;
-extern ulong _datarelrolocal_start;
-extern ulong _datarellocal_start;
-extern ulong _datarelro_start;
+extern ulong _datarel_start_ofs;
+extern ulong _datarelrolocal_start_ofs;
+extern ulong _datarellocal_start_ofs;
+extern ulong _datarelro_start_ofs;
 extern ulong IRQ_STACK_START_IN;	/* 8 bytes in IRQ stack */
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/board.c b/arch/arm/lib/board.c
index 108e6c40c4c..ffe261bd445 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/board.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static int display_banner (void)
 #else
 	       _armboot_start,
 #endif
-	       _bss_start, _bss_end);
+	       _bss_start_ofs+_TEXT_BASE, _bss_end_ofs+_TEXT_BASE);
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
 	debug ("Modem Support enabled\n");
 #endif
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ void board_init_f (ulong bootflag)
 
 	memset ((void*)gd, 0, sizeof (gd_t));
 
-	gd->mon_len = _bss_end - _TEXT_BASE;
+	gd->mon_len = _bss_end_ofs;
 
 	for (init_fnc_ptr = init_sequence; *init_fnc_ptr; ++init_fnc_ptr) {
 		if ((*init_fnc_ptr)() != 0) {
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ static char *failed = "*** failed ***\n";
  *
  ************************************************************************
  */
+
 void board_init_r (gd_t *id, ulong dest_addr)
 {
 	char *s;
@@ -693,7 +694,7 @@ void board_init_r (gd_t *id, ulong dest_addr)
 
 	gd->flags |= GD_FLG_RELOC;	/* tell others: relocation done */
 
-	monitor_flash_len = _bss_start - _TEXT_BASE;
+	monitor_flash_len = _bss_start_ofs;
 	debug ("monitor flash len: %08lX\n", monitor_flash_len);
 	board_init();	/* Setup chipselects */
 
@@ -895,6 +896,7 @@ void board_init_r (gd_t *id, ulong dest_addr)
 
 	/* NOTREACHED - no way out of command loop except booting */
 }
+
 #endif /* defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC) */
 
 void hang (void)
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/cache.c b/arch/arm/lib/cache.c
index 55b633ee001..57151689a90 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/cache.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/cache.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void  flush_cache (unsigned long dummy1, unsigned long dummy2)
 	/* disable write buffer as well (page 2-22) */
 	asm("mcr p15, 0, %0, c7, c10, 4" : : "r" (0));
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARMCORTEXA8
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARMV7
 	void v7_flush_cache_all(void);
 
 	v7_flush_cache_all();