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-rw-r--r--README8
-rw-r--r--arch/nios2/config.mk2
-rw-r--r--arch/nios2/cpu/start.S7
-rw-r--r--arch/nios2/include/asm/global_data.h2
-rw-r--r--doc/README.standalone13
-rw-r--r--examples/standalone/stubs.c6
6 files changed, 20 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 81692c0a49..acb3308d2b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4023,6 +4023,14 @@ On ARM, the following registers are used:
==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
+On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
+ http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
+
+ ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
+
+ Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
+ to access small data sections, so gp is free.
+
NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
diff --git a/arch/nios2/config.mk b/arch/nios2/config.mk
index 8e5d6ef03c..6789038bdd 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/config.mk
+++ b/arch/nios2/config.mk
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ CROSS_COMPILE ?= nios2-elf-
STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR = 0x02000000 -L $(gcclibdir)
PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_NIOS2 -D__NIOS2__
-PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -ffixed-r15 -G0
+PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -G0
LDSCRIPT ?= $(SRCTREE)/$(CPUDIR)/u-boot.lds
diff --git a/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S b/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S
index d1016ea718..76d3b52154 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S
+++ b/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S
@@ -113,13 +113,6 @@ _cur: movhi r5, %hi(_cur - _start)
bne r5, r6, 4b
5:
- /* GLOBAL POINTER -- the global pointer is used to reference
- * "small data" (see -G switch). The linker script must
- * provide the gp address.
- */
- movhi gp, %hi(_gp)
- ori gp, gp, %lo(_gp)
-
/* JUMP TO RELOC ADDR */
movhi r4, %hi(_reloc)
ori r4, r4, %lo(_reloc)
diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/global_data.h b/arch/nios2/include/asm/global_data.h
index 34aa96277a..f1b348293f 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/global_data.h
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/global_data.h
@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@ typedef struct global_data {
#define GD_FLG_LOGINIT 0x00020 /* Log Buffer has been initialized */
#define GD_FLG_DISABLE_CONSOLE 0x00040 /* Disable console (in & out) */
-#define DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR register gd_t *gd asm ("r15")
+#define DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR register gd_t *gd asm ("gp")
#endif /* __ASM_NIOS2_GLOBALDATA_H_ */
diff --git a/doc/README.standalone b/doc/README.standalone
index 885c92fb3a..6381087493 100644
--- a/doc/README.standalone
+++ b/doc/README.standalone
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ Design Notes on Exporting U-Boot Functions to Standalone Applications:
thus the compiler cannot perform type checks on these assignments.
2. The pointer to the jump table is passed to the application in a
- machine-dependent way. PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and Blackfin architectures
- use a dedicated register to hold the pointer to the 'global_data'
- structure: r2 on PowerPC, r8 on ARM, k0 on MIPS, and P3 on Blackfin.
- The x86 architecture does not use such a register; instead, the
- pointer to the 'global_data' structure is passed as 'argv[-1]'
- pointer.
+ machine-dependent way. PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, Blackfin and Nios II
+ architectures use a dedicated register to hold the pointer to the
+ 'global_data' structure: r2 on PowerPC, r8 on ARM, k0 on MIPS,
+ P3 on Blackfin and gp on Nios II. The x86 architecture does not
+ use such a register; instead, the pointer to the 'global_data'
+ structure is passed as 'argv[-1]' pointer.
The application can access the 'global_data' structure in the same
way as U-Boot does:
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Design Notes on Exporting U-Boot Functions to Standalone Applications:
ARM 0x0c100000 0x0c100000
MIPS 0x80200000 0x80200000
Blackfin 0x00001000 0x00001000
+ Nios II 0x02000000 0x02000000
For example, the "hello world" application may be loaded and
executed on a PowerPC board with the following commands:
diff --git a/examples/standalone/stubs.c b/examples/standalone/stubs.c
index ce3371d912..0187708e0b 100644
--- a/examples/standalone/stubs.c
+++ b/examples/standalone/stubs.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ gd_t *global_data;
: : "i"(offsetof(gd_t, jt)), "i"(XF_ ## x) : "r0");
#elif defined(CONFIG_NIOS2)
/*
- * r15 holds the pointer to the global_data, r8 is call-clobbered
+ * gp holds the pointer to the global_data, r8 is call-clobbered
*/
#define EXPORT_FUNC(x) \
asm volatile ( \
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ gd_t *global_data;
#x ":\n" \
" movhi r8, %%hi(%0)\n" \
" ori r8, r0, %%lo(%0)\n" \
-" add r8, r8, r15\n" \
+" add r8, r8, gp\n" \
" ldw r8, 0(r8)\n" \
" ldw r8, %1(r8)\n" \
" jmp r8\n" \
- : : "i"(offsetof(gd_t, jt)), "i"(XF_ ## x * sizeof(void *)) : "r15");
+ : : "i"(offsetof(gd_t, jt)), "i"(XF_ ## x * sizeof(void *)) : "gp");
#elif defined(CONFIG_M68K)
/*
* d7 holds the pointer to the global_data, a0 is a call-clobbered
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