linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/boot: Fix compilation of uImage for e500 platforms

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Date:   Tue, 23 Aug 2022 16:57:34 +0000
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
CC:     "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/boot: Fix compilation of uImage for e500
 platforms



Le 20/08/2022 à 12:52, Pali Rohár a écrit :
> Commit 40a75584e526 ("powerpc/boot: Build wrapper for an appropriate CPU")
> broke compilation of uImage target for mpc85xx platforms by powerpc e500
> SPE capable cross compilers. After that commit build process throws error:
> 
>      BOOTAS  arch/powerpc/boot/crt0.o
>    powerpc-linux-gnuspe-gcc: error: unrecognized argument in option ‘-mcpu=powerpc’
>    powerpc-linux-gnuspe-gcc: note: valid arguments to ‘-mcpu=’ are: 8540 8548 native
>    make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile:231: arch/powerpc/boot/crt0.o] Error 1
> 
> Fix this issue by checking for CONFIG_PPC_E500MC / CONFIG_E500 options and
> applying appropriate -mcpu options for building uImage boot code.

This is very specific to e500, could you instead do something using 
CONFIG_TARGET_CPU, just like commit 446cda1b21d9 ("powerpc/32: Don't 
always pass -mcpu=powerpc to the compiler")

Thanks
Christophe


> 
> Fixes: 40a75584e526 ("powerpc/boot: Build wrapper for an appropriate CPU")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>
> ---
>   arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile | 6 ++++++
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
> index a9cd2ea4a861..d7cf5d87e4bc 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
> @@ -44,8 +44,14 @@ else
>   BOOTCFLAGS	+= -m64 -mcpu=powerpc64
>   endif
>   else
> +ifdef CONFIG_PPC_E500MC
> +BOOTCFLAGS	+= -m32 $(call cc-option,-mcpu=e500mc,-mcpu=powerpc)
> +else ifdef CONFIG_E500
> +BOOTCFLAGS	+= -m32 $(call cc-option,-mcpu=8540 -msoft-float,-mcpu=powerpc)
> +else
>   BOOTCFLAGS	+= -m32 -mcpu=powerpc
>   endif
> +endif
>   
>   BOOTCFLAGS	+= -isystem $(shell $(BOOTCC) -print-file-name=include)
>