Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/boot: Don't always pass -mcpu=powerpc when building 32-bit uImage

From: Pali Rohár
Date: Sun Aug 28 2022 - 05:19:55 EST


On Sunday 28 August 2022 07:23:39 Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Le 27/08/2022 à 21:00, Pali Rohár a écrit :
> > On Saturday 27 August 2022 20:36:08 Pali Rohár wrote:
> >> On Saturday 27 August 2022 18:32:42 Christophe Leroy wrote:
> >>> Le 27/08/2022 à 19:36, Pali Rohár a écrit :
> >>>> On Saturday 27 August 2022 17:31:10 Christophe Leroy wrote:
> >>>>> Le 27/08/2022 à 15:39, Pali Rohár a écrit :
> >>>>>> For 32-bit uImage try to use CONFIG_TARGET_CPU option for -mcpu. This fixes
> >>>>>> following compiler error when building kernel with powerpc e500 SPE capable
> >>>>>> cross compilers:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 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
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> For 64-bit uImage and 64-bit kernels with 32-bit uImage wrapper there is no
> >>>>>> change.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Similar change was already introduced for the main powerpc Makefile in
> >>>>>> commit 446cda1b21d9 ("powerpc/32: Don't always pass -mcpu=powerpc to the
> >>>>>> compiler").
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Fixes: 40a75584e526 ("powerpc/boot: Build wrapper for an appropriate CPU")
> >>>>>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>> ---
> >>>>>> arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile | 8 ++++++++
> >>>>>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
> >>>>>> index a9cd2ea4a861..f56a5f90a5d8 100644
> >>>>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
> >>>>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
> >>>>>> @@ -44,8 +44,16 @@ else
> >>>>>> BOOTCFLAGS += -m64 -mcpu=powerpc64
> >>>>>> endif
> >>>>>> else
> >>>>>> +ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
> >>>>>> +ifdef CONFIG_TARGET_CPU_BOOL
> >>>>>> +BOOTCFLAGS += -m32 -mcpu=$(CONFIG_TARGET_CPU)
> >>>>>> +else
> >>>>>> +BOOTCFLAGS += -m32 -mcpu=powerpc
> >>>>>
> >>>>> You can't do that. You get here only if user has selected
> >>>>> TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT_CPU, in which case you don't want to for -mcpu=powerpc.
> >>>>
> >>>> So do I understand it correctly that in this branch I should omit -mcpu=powerpc?
> >>>
> >>> Correct.
> >>
> >> Ok, I will fix it in v3.
> >>
> >>>>
> >>>>> -mcpu=powerpc is set when user selects CONFIG_POWERPC_CPU, in which case
> >>>>> CONFIG_TARGET_CPU_BOOL is set as well.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> +endif
> >>>>>> +else
> >>>>>> BOOTCFLAGS += -m32 -mcpu=powerpc
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Same, for PPC64 I think you don't want that either, unless the
> >>>>> CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU has been selected in which case
> >>>>> CONFIG_TARGET_CPU_BOOL is not set.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> When CONFIG_TARGET_CPU_BOOL is set for PPC64 you also want
> >>>>> -mcpu=$(CONFIG_TARGET_CPU)
> >>>>
> >>>> I understand that this branch is called for PPC64 build with 32-bit
> >>>> uImage wrapper. So in this case should not be used TARGET_CPU as it
> >>>> would be 64-bit and not 32-bit as requited for 32-bit uImage wrapper.
> >>>
> >>> Why ?
> >>>
> >>> -mcpu=e6500 -m32 works as far as I can see.
> >>
> >> Hm... I did not know that. Ok, if you want I will put it into
> >> -m32 -mcpu=$(CONFIG_TARGET_CPU) branch too.
> >
> > And when CONFIG_TARGET_CPU_BOOL is not set but CONFIG_PPC64_BOOT_WRAPPER
> > is, should be -mcpu=powerpc64le or -mcpu=powerpc64 still passed?
>
> Not sure, so keep it like that, will change later if needed.

Ok! Will prepare new version.

> >
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyway, in this change I'm touching only PPC32 build, so all PPC64 stay
> >>>> as it was before.
> >>>>
> >>>>>> endif
> >>>>>> +endif
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> BOOTCFLAGS += -isystem $(shell $(BOOTCC) -print-file-name=include)
> >>>>>>