linux-kernel-test/arch/x86/tools
H. Peter Anvin 6520fe5564 x86, realmode: 16-bit real-mode code support for relocs tool
A new option is added to the relocs tool called '--realmode'.
This option causes the generation of 16-bit segment relocations
and 32-bit linear relocations for the real-mode code. When
the real-mode code is moved to the low-memory during kernel
initialization, these relocation entries can be used to
relocate the code properly.

In the assembly code 16-bit segment relocations must be relative
to the 'real_mode_seg' absolute symbol. Linear relocations must be
relative to a symbol prefixed with 'pa_'.

16-bit segment relocation is used to load cs:ip in 16-bit code.
Linear relocations are used in the 32-bit code for relocatable
data references. They are declared in the linker script of the
real-mode code.

The relocs tool is moved to arch/x86/tools/relocs.c, and added new
target archscripts that can be used to build scripts needed building
an architecture.  be compiled before building the arch/x86 tree.

[ hpa: accelerating this because it detects invalid absolute
  relocations, a serious bug in binutils 2.22.52.0.x which currently
  produces bad kernels. ]

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1336501366-28617-2-git-send-email-jarkko.sakkinen@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
2012-05-18 19:49:40 -07:00
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.gitignore x86, realmode: 16-bit real-mode code support for relocs tool 2012-05-18 19:49:40 -07:00
chkobjdump.awk x86: Fix objdump version check in chkobjdump.awk for different formats. 2009-12-18 09:26:56 -08:00
distill.awk x86: Show symbol name if insn decoder test failed 2009-11-17 07:16:50 +01:00
gen-insn-attr-x86.awk x86: Update instruction decoder to support new AVX formats 2011-12-05 14:53:21 +01:00
insn_sanity.c x86/tools: Add decoded instruction dump mode 2011-12-05 14:53:23 +01:00
Makefile x86, realmode: 16-bit real-mode code support for relocs tool 2012-05-18 19:49:40 -07:00
relocs.c x86, realmode: 16-bit real-mode code support for relocs tool 2012-05-18 19:49:40 -07:00
test_get_len.c x86: Remove trailing spaces in messages 2010-02-07 17:47:51 +01:00