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6 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Stefan Kalkowski
657646e76e hw: adjust core bootstrap to fit generic process
* Introduce hw-specific crt0 for core that calls e.g.: init_main_thread
* re-map core's main thread UTCB to fit the right context area location
* switch core's main thread's stack to fit the right context area location

Fix #1440
2015-03-19 08:57:19 +01:00
Norman Feske
a0abb093ed Remove output-section fill from linker scripts
The linker scripts use to fill alignment gaps within the text section
with the magic value 0x90909090, which correponds to the opcodes of four
nop instructions on x86. This patch removes this value because it
apparently solves no problem. If, for some reason (e.g., due to a dangling
pointer) a thread executes instructions within alignment paddings, NOP
instructions are not any better than any other instruction. The program
will eventually execute the instructions after the padding, which is
most likely fatal. It would be more reasonable to fill the padding with
the opcode of an illegal instruction so that such an error can be
immediately detected. That said, I cannot remember a single instance,
where the fill value has helped us during debugging.

Even if the mechanism served a purpose on x86, it is still better to
remove it because it does not equally work on the other architectures
where the linker scripts are used. I.e., on ARM, the opcode 0x90909090
is not a NOP instruction.
2015-01-20 11:25:59 +01:00
Christian Helmuth
727ac4bc0c Put entry point at start of binary on x86 platforms
Related to #881.
2014-12-19 13:58:47 +01:00
Sebastian Sumpf
5a821d4c92 base: Genode's dynamic linker
Issue #1280
2014-11-12 14:44:15 +01:00
Martin Stein
f8be04bc70 base: extra section for binaries of boot modules
This enables us to map the binaries of the boot modules on demand at least in
base-hw.

ref #1139
2014-06-06 14:54:31 +02:00
Norman Feske
ca971bbfd8 Move repositories to 'repos/' subdirectory
This patch changes the top-level directory layout as a preparatory
step for improving the tools for managing 3rd-party source codes.
The rationale is described in the issue referenced below.

Issue #1082
2014-05-14 16:08:00 +02:00