linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/15] riscv: disable the EFI PECOFF header for M-mode

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Message-ID: <CAAhSdy2=WnkJV8ANW2v5s2ckDmTEZUuzegQm41-ZaEY==f1Jng@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:36:54 +0530
From:   Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@....com>,
        linux-riscv <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/15] riscv: disable the EFI PECOFF header for M-mode

On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 11:08 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
>
> No point in bloating the kernel image with a bootloader header if
> we run bare metal.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/kernel/head.S | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
> index 71efbba25ed5..dc21e409cc49 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
>
>  __INIT
>  ENTRY(_start)
> +#ifndef CONFIG_RISCV_M_MODE
>         /*
>          * Image header expected by Linux boot-loaders. The image header data
>          * structure is described in asm/image.h.
> @@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ ENTRY(_start)
>
>  .global _start_kernel
>  _start_kernel:
> +#endif /* CONFIG_RISCV_M_MODE */
>         /* Mask all interrupts */
>         csrw CSR_XIE, zero
>         csrw CSR_XIP, zero
> --
> 2.20.1
>

LGTM.

Reviewed-by: Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>

Regards,
Anup