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powerpc: Enable AT_BASE_PLATFORM aux vector

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Stash the first platform string matched by identify_cpu() in
powerpc_base_platform, and supply that to the ELF loader for the value
of AT_BASE_PLATFORM.

Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <ntl@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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Nathan Lynch 2008-07-16 09:58:51 +10:00 committed by Benjamin Herrenschmidt
parent 483fad1c3f
commit 9115d13453
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arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
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@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
struct cpu_spec* cur_cpu_spec = NULL;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cur_cpu_spec);
/* The platform string corresponding to the real PVR */
const char *powerpc_base_platform;
/* NOTE:
* Unlike ppc32, ppc64 will only call this once for the boot CPU, it's
* the responsibility of the appropriate CPU save/restore functions to
@ -1652,6 +1655,14 @@ struct cpu_spec * __init identify_cpu(unsigned long offset, unsigned int pvr)
} else
*t = *s;
*PTRRELOC(&cur_cpu_spec) = &the_cpu_spec;
/*
* Set the base platform string once; assumes
* we're called with real pvr first.
*/
if (powerpc_base_platform == NULL)
powerpc_base_platform = t->platform;
#if defined(CONFIG_PPC64) || defined(CONFIG_BOOKE)
/* ppc64 and booke expect identify_cpu to also call
* setup_cpu for that processor. I will consolidate

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include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h
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@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ extern struct cpu_spec *identify_cpu(unsigned long offset, unsigned int pvr);
extern void do_feature_fixups(unsigned long value, void *fixup_start,
void *fixup_end);
extern const char *powerpc_base_platform;
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
/* CPU kernel features */

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include/asm-powerpc/elf.h
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@ -217,6 +217,14 @@ typedef elf_vrregset_t elf_fpxregset_t;
#define ELF_PLATFORM (cur_cpu_spec->platform)
/* While ELF_PLATFORM indicates the ISA supported by the platform, it
* may not accurately reflect the underlying behavior of the hardware
* (as in the case of running in Power5+ compatibility mode on a
* Power6 machine). ELF_BASE_PLATFORM allows ld.so to load libraries
* that are tuned for the real hardware.
*/
#define ELF_BASE_PLATFORM (powerpc_base_platform)
#ifdef __powerpc64__
# define ELF_PLAT_INIT(_r, load_addr) do { \
_r->gpr[2] = load_addr; \