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[02/18] powerpc: Add CROSSBE_COMPILE to build big endian boot wrapper

Message ID 1285916771-18033-3-git-send-email-imunsie@au1.ibm.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Ian Munsie Oct. 1, 2010, 7:05 a.m. UTC 
From: Ian Munsie <imunsie@au1.ibm.com>

Since the boot wrapper must be built by a big endian 32bit toolchain
regardless of what the rest of the kernel is using introduce a new
parameter to specify that toolchain - CROSSBE_COMPILE.

We already have CROSS32_COMPILE which is already used for the boot
wrapper, but it is also used to build the 32bit vdso which should be
build in the same endianness as the rest of the kernel, so it is
necessary to be able to specify the toolchain to build the boot wrapper
separately from that used to build the vdso and again separately from
that used to build the main kernel.

CROSSBE_COMPILE should be pointed to a toolchain capable of targeting
32bit big endian powerpc, either specifically targetted at 32bit or
bi-arch 64 and 32bit. If CROSSBE_COMPILE is not specified it will fall
back to CROSS32_COMPILE to maintain compatibility with big endian
targets.

Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie <imunsie@au1.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/Makefile      |   19 +++++++++++++++++--
 arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile |   25 +++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Comments

Geert Uytterhoeven Oct. 1, 2010, 7:13 a.m. UTC | #1 
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 09:05, Ian Munsie <imunsie@au1.ibm.com> wrote:
> From: Ian Munsie <imunsie@au1.ibm.com>
>
> Since the boot wrapper must be built by a big endian 32bit toolchain
> regardless of what the rest of the kernel is using introduce a new
> parameter to specify that toolchain - CROSSBE_COMPILE.
>
> We already have CROSS32_COMPILE which is already used for the boot
> wrapper, but it is also used to build the 32bit vdso which should be
> build in the same endianness as the rest of the kernel, so it is
> necessary to be able to specify the toolchain to build the boot wrapper
> separately from that used to build the vdso and again separately from
> that used to build the main kernel.
>
> CROSSBE_COMPILE should be pointed to a toolchain capable of targeting
> 32bit big endian powerpc, either specifically targetted at 32bit or
> bi-arch 64 and 32bit. If CROSSBE_COMPILE is not specified it will fall
> back to CROSS32_COMPILE to maintain compatibility with big endian
> targets.

Shouldn't the help text added by [PATCH 01/18]:

+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
@@ -329,3 +329,19 @@ config CHECK_CACHE_COHERENCY
       bool

 endmenu
+
+config ARCH_SUPPORTS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+       bool
+
+config CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+       bool "Build little endian kernel"
+       depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_LITTLE_ENDIAN && EXPERIMENTAL
+       default n
+       help
+         This option selects whether a big endian or little endian kernel will
+         be built.
+
+         Note that if building a little endian kernel, CROSS_COMPILE must
+         point to a toolchain capable of targetting little endian powerpc,
+         while the toolchain specified by CROSS32_COMPILE must be capable of
+         targetting *BIG* endian PowerPC.

be updated here as well?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds
Ian Munsie Oct. 1, 2010, 7:19 a.m. UTC | #2 
Excerpts from Geert Uytterhoeven's message of Fri Oct 01 17:13:19 +1000 2010:
> Shouldn't the help text added by [PATCH 01/18]:
....
> be updated here as well?

Yep, you're right. Thanks for pointing that out, I'll fix it for the next
revision.

Cheers,
-Ian
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 3eed685..ab69b0e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ 
 
 HAS_BIARCH	:= $(call cc-option-yn, -m32)
 
-# Set default 32 bits cross compilers for vdso and boot wrapper
+# Set default 32 bits cross compilers for vdso
 CROSS32_COMPILE ?=
 
 CROSS32CC		:= $(CROSS32_COMPILE)gcc
@@ -27,7 +27,22 @@  CROSS32AR	:= GNUTARGET=elf32-powerpc $(AR)
 endif
 endif
 
-export CROSS32CC CROSS32AR
+# Set default big endian 32 bits cross compiler for boot wrapper
+ifeq ($(CROSSBE_COMPILE),)
+CROSSBECC	:= $(CROSS32CC)
+CROSSBEAR	:= $(CROSS32AR)
+else
+CROSSBECC	:= $(CROSSBE_COMPILE)gcc
+CROSSBEAR	:= $(CROSSBE_COMPILE)ar
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(call try-run,\
+	$(CROSSBECC) -m32 -c -xc /dev/null -o "$$TMP",y,n),y)
+CROSSBECC	:= $(CROSSBECC) -m32
+CROSSBEAR	:= GNUTARGET=elf32-powerpc $(CROSSBEAR)
+endif
+
+export CROSS32CC CROSS32AR CROSSBECC CROSSBEAR
 
 ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
 KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := $(shell uname -m)_defconfig
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index 39f10a4..79d7e69 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -6,23 +6,24 @@ 
 # Based on coffboot by Paul Mackerras
 # Simplified for ppc64 by Todd Inglett
 #
-# NOTE:	this code is built for 32 bit in ELF32 format even though
-#	it packages a 64 bit kernel.  We do this to simplify the
+# NOTE:	this code is built for 32 bit big endian in ELF32 format even
+#	though it packages a 64 bit kernel.  We do this to simplify the
 #	bootloader and increase compatibility with OpenFirmware.
 #
-#	To this end we need to define BOOTCC, etc, as the tools
-#	needed to build the 32 bit image.  That's normally the same
+#	To this end we need to define BOOTCC, etc, as the tools needed
+#	to build the 32 bit big endian image.  That's normally the same
 #	compiler for the rest of the kernel, with the -m32 flag added.
 #	To make it easier to setup a cross compiler,
-#	CROSS32_COMPILE is setup as a prefix just like CROSS_COMPILE
-#	in the toplevel makefile.
+#	CROSSBE_COMPILE is setup as a prefix just like CROSS_COMPILE
+#	in the toplevel makefile. If building a big endian kernel,
+#	CROSS32_COMPILE may be used in it's place.
 
 all: $(obj)/zImage
 
 BOOTCFLAGS    := -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
 		 -fno-strict-aliasing -Os -msoft-float -pipe \
 		 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -fPIC -nostdinc \
-		 -isystem $(shell $(CROSS32CC) -print-file-name=include) \
+		 -isystem $(shell $(CROSSBECC) -print-file-name=include) \
 		 -mbig-endian
 BOOTAFLAGS	:= -D__ASSEMBLY__ $(BOOTCFLAGS) -traditional -nostdinc
 
@@ -122,13 +123,13 @@  clean-files := $(zlib) $(zlibheader) $(zliblinuxheader) \
 		empty.c zImage.coff.lds zImage.ps3.lds zImage.lds
 
 quiet_cmd_bootcc = BOOTCC  $@
-      cmd_bootcc = $(CROSS32CC) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(BOOTCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+      cmd_bootcc = $(CROSSBECC) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(BOOTCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 quiet_cmd_bootas = BOOTAS  $@
-      cmd_bootas = $(CROSS32CC) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(BOOTAFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+      cmd_bootas = $(CROSSBECC) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(BOOTAFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 quiet_cmd_bootar = BOOTAR  $@
-      cmd_bootar = $(CROSS32AR) -cr $@.$$$$ $(filter-out FORCE,$^); mv $@.$$$$ $@
+      cmd_bootar = $(CROSSBEAR) -cr $@.$$$$ $(filter-out FORCE,$^); mv $@.$$$$ $@
 
 $(obj-libfdt): $(obj)/%.o: $(srctree)/scripts/dtc/libfdt/%.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,bootcc)
@@ -157,6 +158,9 @@  wrapperbits	:= $(extra-y) $(addprefix $(obj)/,addnote hack-coff mktree) \
 #############
 # Bits for building various flavours of zImage
 
+ifneq ($(CROSSBE_COMPILE),)
+CROSSWRAP := -C "$(CROSSBE_COMPILE)"
+else
 ifneq ($(CROSS32_COMPILE),)
 CROSSWRAP := -C "$(CROSS32_COMPILE)"
 else
@@ -164,6 +168,7 @@  ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
 CROSSWRAP := -C "$(CROSS_COMPILE)"
 endif
 endif
+endif
 
 # args (to if_changed): 1 = (this rule), 2 = platform, 3 = dts 4=dtb 5=initrd
 quiet_cmd_wrap	= WRAP    $@