/* arm mode, cortex-a7 compatibility * * _boot is entry point for the loader. * * Loader copies it's embedded stage 2 to address 0x4000 * and jumps to it. Registers r0 - r2 are arguments for the kernel * and should be left intact. */ .global _boot _boot: // Only let the first core execute mrc p15, 0, r3, c0, c0, 5 and r3, r3, #3 cmp r3, #0 beq proceed // this is a kind of blef - races can theoretically still occur // when the main core overwrites this part of memory wfe proceed: // copy stage2 of the loader to address 0x4000 // first, load address of stage2_start to r3 (a PIC way) adr r3, stage2_start // load destination address for stage2 code to r4 mov r4, #0x4000 // load blob size to r5 mov r5, #(stage2_end - stage2_start) // r6 is the counter - counts the bytes copied mov r6, #0 // each word of the blob is loaded to r7 and stored // from r7 to it's destination in a loop loop: ldr r7, [r3, r6] str r7, [r4, r6] add r6, r6, #4 cmp r6, r5 blo loop // Initialize the stack // _stack_top is defined in loader_stage1_linker.ld ldr sp, =_stack_top // Call stage2 of the loader (branch to 0x4000) bx r4 .align 4 stage2_start: .incbin "loader_stage2.img" stage2_end: