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Date:	Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:34:47 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/14] ARM: ARMv7M: Enlarge vector table to 256 entries

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Maxime Coquelin
<mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com> wrote:
> From Cortex-M4 and M7 reference manuals, the nvic supports up to 240
> interrupts. So the number of entries in vectors table is 256.
>
> This patch adds the missing entries, and change the alignement, so that
> vector_table remains naturally aligned.

Shouldn't this depend on ARCH_STM32, or some other M4 or M7 specific
Kconfig option, to avoid wasting the space on other CPUs?

>
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/kernel/entry-v7m.S | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-v7m.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-v7m.S
> index 8944f49..29a461b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-v7m.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-v7m.S
> @@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ ENTRY(__switch_to)
>  ENDPROC(__switch_to)
>
>         .data
> -       .align  8
> +       .align  10
>  /*
> - * Vector table (64 words => 256 bytes natural alignment)
> + * Vector table (256 words => 1024 bytes alignment)
>   */
>  ENTRY(vector_table)
>         .long   0                       @ 0 - Reset stack pointer
> @@ -138,6 +138,6 @@ ENTRY(vector_table)
>         .long   __invalid_entry         @ 13 - Reserved
>         .long   __pendsv_entry          @ 14 - PendSV
>         .long   __invalid_entry         @ 15 - SysTick
> -       .rept   64 - 16
> -       .long   __irq_entry             @ 16..64 - External Interrupts
> +       .rept   256 - 16
> +       .long   __irq_entry             @ 16..256 - External Interrupts
>         .endr
> --
> 1.9.1

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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