[PATCH 0/4] Avoid runtime relocations v2

[Blue Swirl]

I changed dictionary array cells' relocation expression to a more
flexible one and moved the array header so that the ELF section of the
array can be adjusted on PPC64. Now all architectures use the same
methods.

AMD64-unix, Sparc32, Sparc64, PPC32 and PPC64 seem to work.

Blue Swirl (4):
  sparc32: avoid runtime relocations
  sparc64: avoid runtime relocations
  x86: avoid runtime relocations
  ppc: avoid runtime relocations

arch/ppc/build.xml             |    6 +--
 arch/ppc/qemu/kernel.c         |   23 +++++++++--
 arch/ppc/qemu/ofmem.c          |    2 +-
 arch/ppc64/qemu/ldscript       |    7 +++
 arch/sparc32/build.xml         |    6 +--
 arch/sparc32/builtin.c         |   12 +++++-
 arch/sparc32/ofmem_sparc32.c   |    2 +-
 arch/sparc32/openbios.c        |   10 ++---
 arch/sparc64/build.xml         |    6 +--
 arch/sparc64/builtin.c         |   12 +++++-
 arch/sparc64/ofmem_sparc64.c   |    2 +-
 arch/sparc64/openbios.c        |   10 ++---
 arch/x86/build.xml             |    6 +--
 arch/x86/builtin.c             |   12 +++++-
 arch/x86/openbios.c            |   12 ++----
 include/libopenbios/sys_info.h |    2 +
 kernel/bootstrap.c             |   82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 17 files changed, 150 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

On 23/01/11 11:55, Blue Swirl wrote:
> I changed dictionary array cells' relocation expression to a more
> flexible one and moved the array header so that the ELF section of the
> array can be adjusted on PPC64. Now all architectures use the same
> methods.
>
> AMD64-unix, Sparc32, Sparc64, PPC32 and PPC64 seem to work.

Haven't had a chance to build test yet, but this version looks a lot 
better to me. Once the cell size for PPC64 is fixed then switching over 
to the existing method should be trivial.

ATB,

Mark.