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    sunxi: A64: do an RMR switch if started in AArch32 mode · 83843c9b
    Andre Przywara authored
    
    
    The Allwinner A64 SoC starts execution in AArch32 mode, and both
    the boot ROM and Allwinner's boot0 keep running in this mode.
    So U-Boot gets entered in 32-bit, although we want it to run in AArch64.
    
    By using a "magic" instruction, which happens to be an almost-NOP in
    AArch64 and a branch in AArch32, we differentiate between being
    entered in 64-bit or 32-bit mode.
    If in 64-bit mode, we proceed with the branch to reset, but in 32-bit
    mode we trigger an RMR write to bring the core into AArch64/EL3 and
    re-enter U-Boot at CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE.
    This allows a 64-bit U-Boot to be both entered in 32 and 64-bit mode,
    so we can use the same start code for the SPL and the U-Boot proper.
    
    We use the existing custom header (boot0.h) functionality, but restrict
    the existing boot0 header reservation to the non-SPL build now. A SPL
    wouldn't need such header anyway. This allows to have both options
    defined and lets us use one for the SPL and the other for U-Boot proper.
    
    Also add arch/arm/mach-sunxi/rmr_switch.S, which contains the original
    ARM assembly code and instructions how to re-generate the encoded
    version.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarMaxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJagan Teki <jagan@openedev.com>
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