Octeon has a specific boot header, when booted via SPI NOR, NAND or MMC. Here the only 2 instructions are allowed in the first few bytes of the image. And these instructions need to be one branch and a nop. This patch adds the necessary nop after the nop, to that the common MIPS image is compatible with this Octeon header.
The tool to patch the Octeon boot header into the image will be send in a follow-up patch. Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <s...@denx.de> Cc: Aaron Williams <awilli...@marvell.com> Cc: Chandrakala Chavva <ccha...@marvell.com> Cc: Daniel Schwierzeck <daniel.schwierz...@gmail.com> --- arch/mips/cpu/start.S | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/start.S b/arch/mips/cpu/start.S index d0c412236d..6de2470cc2 100644 --- a/arch/mips/cpu/start.S +++ b/arch/mips/cpu/start.S @@ -75,8 +75,13 @@ ENTRY(_start) /* U-Boot entry point */ + /* + * Octeon needs special handling here, as the binary might be + * patched to add a boot header for SPI, NAND or MMC booting. Only + * one branch plus nop is allowed here. + */ b reset - mtc0 zero, CP0_COUNT # clear cp0 count for most accurate boot timing + nop #if defined(CONFIG_MIPS_INSERT_BOOT_CONFIG) /* @@ -123,6 +128,7 @@ ENTRY(_start) #endif reset: + mtc0 zero, CP0_COUNT # clear cp0 count for most accurate boot timing #if __mips_isa_rev >= 6 mfc0 t0, CP0_CONFIG, 5 and t0, t0, MIPS_CONF5_VP -- 2.28.0