On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:31:04 +1000, Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think that the bulk of the changes would fit under the umbrella of > "endian fixes", and would really like to get hold of the "endian fixes > for cross-compiles" patch from Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@xxxxxxxxx> (CC'd) > which was applied to arch/sparc/boot/piggyback.c (as it was at the > time) some time in 2000. The problem is that none of the git trees I > can find go back any further back than 2002-02-05. Doesn't looks like it's going to help you any, but here's the patch, re-created by diffing two random trees I happened to have laying around. --- linux-2.4.0-test1/arch/sparc/boot/piggyback.c 2000-03-12 20:11:16.000000000 -0700 +++ linux-2.4.21-53.EL/arch/sparc/boot/piggyback.c 2000-12-11 13:37:02.000000000 -0700 @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -/* $Id: piggyback.c,v 1.3 2000/03/11 00:22:26 zaitcev Exp $ +/* $Id: piggyback.c,v 1.4 2000/12/05 00:48:57 anton Exp $ Simple utility to make a single-image install kernel with initial ramdisk for Sparc tftpbooting without need to set up nfs. - + Copyright (C) 1996 Jakub Jelinek (jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) - + Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@xxxxxxxxx> endian fixes for cross-compiles, 2000. + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or @@ -34,6 +35,24 @@ * as PROM looks for a.out image only. */ +unsigned short ld2(char *p) +{ + return (p[0] << 8) | p[1]; +} + +unsigned int ld4(char *p) +{ + return (p[0] << 24) | (p[1] << 16) | (p[2] << 8) | p[3]; +} + +void st4(char *p, unsigned int x) +{ + p[0] = x >> 24; + p[1] = x >> 16; + p[2] = x >> 8; + p[3] = x; +} + void usage(void) { /* fs_img.gz is an image of initial ramdisk. */ @@ -50,7 +69,8 @@ void die(char *str) int main(int argc,char **argv) { - char buffer [1024], *q, *r; + static char aout_magic[] = { 0x01, 0x03, 0x01, 0x07 }; + unsigned char buffer[1024], *q, *r; unsigned int i, j, k, start, end, offset; FILE *map; struct stat s; @@ -74,21 +94,20 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv) } if ((image = open(argv[1],O_RDWR)) < 0) die(argv[1]); if (read(image,buffer,512) != 512) die(argv[1]); - if (!memcmp (buffer, "\177ELF", 4)) { - unsigned int *p = (unsigned int *)(buffer + *(unsigned int *)(buffer + 28)); - - i = p[1] + *(unsigned int *)(buffer + 24) - p[2]; + if (memcmp (buffer, "\177ELF", 4) == 0) { + q = buffer + ld4(buffer + 28); + i = ld4(q + 4) + ld4(buffer + 24) - ld4(q + 8); if (lseek(image,i,0) < 0) die("lseek"); if (read(image,buffer,512) != 512) die(argv[1]); j = 0; - } else if (*(unsigned int *)buffer == 0x01030107) { + } else if (memcmp(buffer, aout_magic, 4) == 0) { i = j = 32; } else { fprintf (stderr, "Not ELF nor a.out. Don't blame me.\n"); exit(1); } k = i; - i += ((*(unsigned short *)(buffer + j + 2))<<2) - 512; + i += (ld2(buffer + j + 2)<<2) - 512; if (lseek(image,i,0) < 0) die("lseek"); if (read(image,buffer,1024) != 1024) die(argv[1]); for (q = buffer, r = q + 512; q < r; q += 4) { @@ -101,10 +120,12 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv) } offset = i + (q - buffer) + 10; if (lseek(image, offset, 0) < 0) die ("lseek"); - *(unsigned *)buffer = 0; - *(unsigned *)(buffer + 4) = 0x01000000; - *(unsigned *)(buffer + 8) = ((end + 32 + 4095) & ~4095); - *(unsigned *)(buffer + 12) = s.st_size; + + st4(buffer, 0); + st4(buffer + 4, 0x01000000); + st4(buffer + 8, (end + 32 + 4095) & ~4095); + st4(buffer + 12, s.st_size); + if (write(image,buffer+2,14) != 14) die (argv[1]); if (lseek(image, k - start + ((end + 32 + 4095) & ~4095), 0) < 0) die ("lseek"); if ((tail = open(argv[3],O_RDONLY)) < 0) die(argv[3]); -- Pete -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html