On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 03:11:49PM +0100, Dave Martin wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
> > b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
> > index 75189f1..4c70b9e 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
> > @@ -122,19 +122,106 @@
> > .arm @ Always enter in ARM state
> > start:
> > .type start,#function
> > - .rept 7
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_EFI_STUB
> > + @ Magic MSDOS signature for PE/COFF + ADD opcode
> > + .word 0x62805a4d
>
> What about BE32?
The ARM bindings for UEFI specify that the processor must be in
little-endian mode.
> In that case, the instruction is a coprocessor load, that loads from a
> random address to a coprocessor that almost certainly doesn't exist.
> This will probably fault.
>
> Since BE32 is only for older platforms (<v6) and this is not easily
> solvable, it might be sensible to make the EFI stub support depend on
> !CPU_ENDIAN_BE32.
Well, it would make more sense to make EFI_STUB depend on EFI and
EFI depend on !CPU_ENDIAN_BE32. Which is something I can add to
my next set of general ARM UEFI patches. Thanks.
/
Leif
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