U-BOOT从ROM拷到RAM
详见start.S
relocate: /* relocate U-Boot to RAM */
adr r0, _start /* r0 <- current position of code */
ldr r1, _TEXT_BASE /* test if we run from flash or RAM */
cmp r0, r1 /* don't reloc during debug */
beq stack_setup
ldr r2, _armboot_start
ldr r3, _bss_start
sub r2, r3, r2 /* r2 <- size of armboot */
add r2, r0, r2 /* r2 <- source end address */
copy_loop:
ldmia r0!, {r3-r10} /* copy from source address [r0] */
stmia r1!, {r3-r10} /* copy to target address [r1] */
cmp r0, r2 /* until source end addreee [r2] */
ble copy_loop
其中,
adr r0, _start
是取得_start行在内存(Nor Flash ROM)的实际位置,_TEXT_BASE则是RAM中的位置。
实际把plain binary格式的u-boot烧写到NOR Flash运行时,需要把Nor Flash中的
代码拷贝到RAM。当u-boot在NorFlash中运行时,adr r0,_start可以取得该行的
实际位置。
_armboot_start的值
_armboot_start:
.word _start
此值在编译时已经决定,为0x33F80000
_bss_start的值
_bss_start:
.word __bss_start
此值在编译时已经决定,即__bss_start的值,在link script中定义。
u-boot代码长度 = _armboot_start - _bss_start
u-boot代码末地址 = r2
ldmia : 每次取8个word
ldmia r0!, {r3-r10} /* copy from source address [r0] */
stmia r1!, {r3-r10} /* copy to target address [r1] */
直到r0 > r2 ,其中ble表示 <=,即r0<=r2时循环拷贝
详见start.S
relocate: /* relocate U-Boot to RAM */
adr r0, _start /* r0 <- current position of code */
ldr r1, _TEXT_BASE /* test if we run from flash or RAM */
cmp r0, r1 /* don't reloc during debug */
beq stack_setup
ldr r2, _armboot_start
ldr r3, _bss_start
sub r2, r3, r2 /* r2 <- size of armboot */
add r2, r0, r2 /* r2 <- source end address */
copy_loop:
ldmia r0!, {r3-r10} /* copy from source address [r0] */
stmia r1!, {r3-r10} /* copy to target address [r1] */
cmp r0, r2 /* until source end addreee [r2] */
ble copy_loop
其中,
adr r0, _start
是取得_start行在内存(Nor Flash ROM)的实际位置,_TEXT_BASE则是RAM中的位置。
实际把plain binary格式的u-boot烧写到NOR Flash运行时,需要把Nor Flash中的
代码拷贝到RAM。当u-boot在NorFlash中运行时,adr r0,_start可以取得该行的
实际位置。
_armboot_start的值
_armboot_start:
.word _start
此值在编译时已经决定,为0x33F80000
_bss_start的值
_bss_start:
.word __bss_start
此值在编译时已经决定,即__bss_start的值,在link script中定义。
u-boot代码长度 = _armboot_start - _bss_start
u-boot代码末地址 = r2
ldmia : 每次取8个word
ldmia r0!, {r3-r10} /* copy from source address [r0] */
stmia r1!, {r3-r10} /* copy to target address [r1] */
直到r0 > r2 ,其中ble表示 <=,即r0<=r2时循环拷贝