u-boot.git/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc824x, branch v2012.04

Reduce build times

2011-11-03T19:44:58Z

U-Boot Makefiles contain a number of tests for compiler features etc. which so far are executed again and again. On some architectures (especially ARM) this results in a large number of calls to gcc. This patch makes sure to run such tests only once, thus largely reducing the number of "execve" system calls. Example: number of "execve" system calls for building the "P2020DS" (Power Architecture) and "qong" (ARM) boards, measured as: -> strace -f -e trace=execve -o /tmp/foo ./MAKEALL -> grep execve /tmp/foo | wc -l Before: After: Reduction: ================================== P2020DS 20555 15205 -26% qong 31692 14490 -54% As a result, built times are significantly reduced, typically by 30...50%. Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk Cc: Andy Fleming Cc: Kumar Gala Cc: Albert Aribaud cc: Graeme Russ cc: Mike Frysinger Tested-by: Graeme Russ Tested-by: Matthias Weisser Tested-by: Sanjeev Premi Tested-by: Simon Glass Tested-by: Macpaul Lin Acked-by: Mike Frysinger

unify version_string

2011-07-28T15:22:53Z

This patch removes the architecture specific implementation of version_string where possible. Some architectures use a special place and therefore we provide U_BOOT_VERSION_STRING definition and a common weak symbol version_string. Signed-off-by: Andreas Bie�mann CC: Mike Frysinger CC: Peter Pan Acked-by: Mike Frysinger

Revert "PowerPC: Add support for -msingle-pic-base"

2011-04-20T20:11:21Z

This reverts commit 39768f7715ed637ef02f49fc7de664cc1aaf14b3. Reson: it breaks a number of boards with embedded environment as the code size grows in some places.

PowerPC: Add support for -msingle-pic-base

2011-04-11T19:38:47Z

-msingle-pic-base is a new gcc option for ppc and it reduces the size of my u-boot with 6-8 KB. While at it, add -fno-jump-tables too to save a few more bytes. -msingle-pic-base will be in gcc 4.6, however backported patches are available at http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347281 Signed-off-by: Joakim Tjernlund

PowerPC: Move -fPIC flag to common place

2011-04-11T19:36:41Z

The -fPIC flag belongs with -mrelocatable, move it there. Also change -fPIC to -fpic as this produces smaller binaries. However, currently -mrelocatable promotes -fpic to -fPIC, a fix for this is in upcoming gcc 4.6 or you can apply this small patch to gcc: diff --git a/gcc/config/rs6000/sysv4.h b/gcc/config/rs6000/sysv4.h index 8da8410..e4b8280 100644 --- a/gcc/config/rs6000/sysv4.h +++ b/gcc/config/rs6000/sysv4.h @@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ do { \ } \ \ else if (TARGET_RELOCATABLE) \ - flag_pic = 2; \ + if (!flag_pic) \ + flag_pic = 2; \ } while (0) #ifndef RS6000_BI_ARCH -- Signed-off-by: Joakim Tjernlund

rename _end to __bss_end__

2011-03-27T17:18:37Z

Currently, _end is used for end of BSS section. We want _end to mean end of u-boot image, so we rename _end to __bss_end__ first. Signed-off-by: Po-Yu Chuang

PowerPC: Add relocation support for -fpic

2010-12-17T19:25:10Z

By rearranging the linker script we get support for relocation of -fpic for free. Signed-off-by: Joakim Tjernlund Acked-by: Scott Wood Acked-by: Kim Phillips

824x: Cleanup for partial linking and --gc-sections

2010-11-27T22:35:12Z

Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk Acked-by: Stefan Roese

arch/powerpc/*/config.mk: make CONFIG_SYS_LDSCRIPT settings work

2010-11-26T21:08:19Z

As we try to get rid of board specific config.mk files we must provide a way for board specific settings of the LDSCRIPT variable (path to the linker script) where needed. We now implement the following hierarchy: - Highest priority has a "#define CONFIG_SYS_LDCONFIG" in the board config file. - If CONFIG_SYS_LDCONFIG is not set, and the system is booting from NAND (CONFIG_NAND_SPL is set), then a board specific linker script board/$(BOARDDIR)/u-boot-nand.lds gets used. - If we are not booting from NAND, we test if a processor specific linker script arch/powerpc/cpu/$(CPU)/u-boot.lds exists; if so we use that. - As default, arch/powerpc/config.mk gets used. Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk Cc: Stefan Roese Cc: Kim Phillips Cc: Kumar Gala Cc: Andy Fleming Acked-by: Stefan Roese

Switch from archive libraries to partial linking

2010-11-17T20:02:18Z

Before this commit, weak symbols were not overridden by non-weak symbols found in archive libraries when linking with recent versions of binutils. As stated in the System V ABI, "the link editor does not extract archive members to resolve undefined weak symbols". This commit changes all Makefiles to use partial linking (ld -r) instead of creating library archives, which forces all symbols to participate in linking, allowing non-weak symbols to override weak symbols as intended. This approach is also used by Linux, from which the gmake function cmd_link_o_target (defined in config.mk and used in all Makefiles) is inspired. The name of each former library archive is preserved except for extensions which change from ".a" to ".o". This commit updates references accordingly where needed, in particular in some linker scripts. This commit reveals board configurations that exclude some features but include source files that depend these disabled features in the build, resulting in undefined symbols. Known such cases include: - disabling CMD_NET but not CMD_NFS; - enabling CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT but not CONFIG_QE. Signed-off-by: Sebastien Carlier