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The current ramstage code contains uses of symbols that cause issues when the ramstage is relocatable. There are 2 scenarios resolved by this patch: 1. Absolute symbols that are actually sizes/limits. The symbols are problematic when relocating a program because there is no way to distinguish a symbol that shouldn't be relocated and one that can. The only way to handle these symbols is to write a program to post process the relocations and keep a whitelist of ones that shouldn't be relocated. I don't believe that is a route that should be taken so fix the users of these sizes/limits encoded as absolute symbols to calculate the size at runtime or dereference a variable in memory containing the size/limit. 2. Absoulte symbols that were relocated to a fixed address. These absolute symbols are generated by assembly files to be placed at a fixed location. Again, these symbols are problematic because one can't distinguish a symbol that can't be relocated. The symbols are again resolved at runtime to allow for proper relocation. For the symbols defining a size either use 2 symbols and calculate the difference or provide a variable in memory containing the size. Change-Id: I1ef2bfe6fd531308218bcaac5dcccabf8edf932c Signed-off-by: Aaron Durbin <adurbin@chromium.org> Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/2789 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) Reviewed-by: Marc Jones <marc.jones@se-eng.com> |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- coreboot README ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload. With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required. coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS. Payloads -------- After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any desired "payload" can be started by coreboot. See http://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads. Supported Hardware ------------------ coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards. For details please consult: * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices Build Requirements ------------------ * gcc / g++ * make Optional: * doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation) * iasl (for targets with ACPI support) * gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets) * ncurses (for 'make menuconfig') * flex and bison (for regenerating parsers) Building coreboot ----------------- Please consult http://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details. Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware ------------------------------------------------ If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run coreboot virtually in QEMU. Please see http://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details. Website and Mailing List ------------------------ Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website: http://www.coreboot.org You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list: http://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist Copyright and License --------------------- The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details. coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)", and some files are licensed under the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects, other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual source files for details. This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.