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-rw-r--r--arch/mips/Kconfig30
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/include/asm/u-boot-mips.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/lib/bootm.c3
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/lib/traps.c19
4 files changed, 54 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index a3ae603044..5e20feeefb 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -287,6 +287,36 @@ config MIPS_RELOCATION_TABLE_SIZE
If unsure, leave at the default value.
+config RESTORE_EXCEPTION_VECTOR_BASE
+ bool "Restore exception vector base before booting linux kernel"
+ default n
+ help
+ In U-Boot the exception vector base will be moved to top of memory,
+ to be used to display register dump when exception occurs.
+ But some old linux kernel does not honor the base set in CP0_EBASE.
+ A modified exception vector base will cause kernel crash.
+
+ This option will restore the exception vector base to its previous
+ value.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+config OVERRIDE_EXCEPTION_VECTOR_BASE
+ bool "Override the exception vector base to be restored"
+ depends on RESTORE_EXCEPTION_VECTOR_BASE
+ default n
+ help
+ Enable this option if you want to use a different exception vector
+ base rather than the previously saved one.
+
+config NEW_EXCEPTION_VECTOR_BASE
+ hex "New exception vector base"
+ depends on OVERRIDE_EXCEPTION_VECTOR_BASE
+ range 0x80000000 0xbffff000
+ default 0x80000000
+ help
+ The exception vector base to be restored before booting linux kernel
+
endmenu
menu "OS boot interface"
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/u-boot-mips.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/u-boot-mips.h
index 88438b9576..8b37cc4029 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/u-boot-mips.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/u-boot-mips.h
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ void except_vec_ejtag_debug(void);
int arch_misc_init(void);
+void trap_restore(void);
+
#endif /* _U_BOOT_MIPS_H_ */
diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/bootm.c b/arch/mips/lib/bootm.c
index 8c0d7672f2..f1db6d23b8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lib/bootm.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lib/bootm.c
@@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ static void boot_jump_linux(bootm_headers_t *images)
bootstage_report();
#endif
+ if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(RESTORE_EXCEPTION_VECTOR_BASE))
+ trap_restore();
+
if (images->ft_len)
kernel(-2, (ulong)images->ft_addr, 0, 0);
else
diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/traps.c b/arch/mips/lib/traps.c
index b8568c00fe..8fff7541e3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lib/traps.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lib/traps.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
+static unsigned long saved_ebase;
+
static void show_regs(const struct pt_regs *regs)
{
const int field = 2 * sizeof(unsigned long);
@@ -102,7 +104,24 @@ void trap_init(ulong reloc_addr)
set_handler(0x180, &except_vec3_generic, 0x80);
set_handler(0x280, &except_vec_ejtag_debug, 0x80);
+ saved_ebase = read_c0_ebase() & 0xfffff000;
+
write_c0_ebase(ebase);
clear_c0_status(ST0_BEV);
execution_hazard_barrier();
}
+
+void trap_restore(void)
+{
+ set_c0_status(ST0_BEV);
+ execution_hazard_barrier();
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_OVERRIDE_EXCEPTION_VECTOR_BASE
+ write_c0_ebase(CONFIG_NEW_EXCEPTION_VECTOR_BASE & 0xfffff000);
+#else
+ write_c0_ebase(saved_ebase);
+#endif
+
+ clear_c0_status(ST0_BEV);
+ execution_hazard_barrier();
+}