common: Add symbol handling for generic lists into Makefile

This patch adds essential components for generation of the contents of
the linker section that is used by the linker-generated array. All of
the contents is held in a separate file, u-boot.lst, which is generated
at runtime just before U-Boot is linked.

The purpose of this code is to especially generate the appropriate
boundary symbols around each subsection in the section carrying the
linker-generated arrays. Obviously, the interim linker code for actual
placement of the variables into the section is generated too. The
generated file, u-boot.lst, is included into u-boot.lds via the linker
INCLUDE directive in u-boot.lds .

Adjustments are made in the Makefile and spl/Makefile so that the
u-boot.lds and u-boot-spl.lds depend on their respective .lst files.

Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
Cc: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Acked-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>
Tested-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>

15 files changed, 152 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d91e91b..1ac43f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 /u-boot.sha1
 /u-boot.dis
 /u-boot.lds
+/u-boot.lst
 /u-boot.ubl
 /u-boot.ais
 /u-boot.dtb
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 08eecbb..c4afc9f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -535,7 +535,10 @@ else
 GEN_UBOOT = \
 		UNDEF_SYM=`$(OBJDUMP) -x $(LIBBOARD) $(LIBS) | \
 		sed  -n -e 's/.*\($(SYM_PREFIX)__u_boot_cmd_.*\)/-u\1/p'|sort|uniq`;\
-		cd $(LNDIR) && $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F)) $$UNDEF_SYM $(__OBJS) \
+		UNDEF_LST=`$(OBJDUMP) -x $(LIBBOARD) $(LIBS) | \
+		sed  -n -e 's/.*\($(SYM_PREFIX)_u_boot_list_.*\)/-u\1/p'|sort|uniq`;\
+		cd $(LNDIR) && $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F)) \
+			$$UNDEF_SYM $$UNDEF_LST $(__OBJS) \
 			--start-group $(__LIBS) --end-group $(PLATFORM_LIBS) \
 			-Map u-boot.map -o u-boot
 endif
@@ -568,8 +571,12 @@ $(SUBDIR_EXAMPLES): $(obj)u-boot
 $(LDSCRIPT):	depend
 		$(MAKE) -C $(dir $@) $(notdir $@)
 
-$(obj)u-boot.lds: $(LDSCRIPT)
-		$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$^ >$@
+# The following line expands into whole rule which generates u-boot.lst,
+# the file containing u-boots LG-array linker section. This is included into
+# $(LDSCRIPT). The function make_u_boot_list is defined in helper.mk file.
+$(eval $(call make_u_boot_list, $(obj)include/u-boot.lst, $(LIBBOARD) $(LIBS)))
+$(obj)u-boot.lds: $(LDSCRIPT) $(obj)include/u-boot.lst
+		$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$< >$@
 
 nand_spl:	$(TIMESTAMP_FILE) $(VERSION_FILE) depend
 		$(MAKE) -C nand_spl/board/$(BOARDDIR) all
@@ -808,6 +815,7 @@ clean:
 	       $(obj)board/matrix_vision/*/bootscript.img		  \
 	       $(obj)board/voiceblue/eeprom 				  \
 	       $(obj)u-boot.lds						  \
+	       $(obj)include/u-boot.lst			  		  \
 	       $(obj)arch/blackfin/cpu/bootrom-asm-offsets.[chs]	  \
 	       $(obj)arch/blackfin/cpu/init.{lds,elf}
 	@rm -f $(obj)include/bmp_logo.h
@@ -841,8 +849,10 @@ clobber:	tidy
 	@rm -f $(obj)u-boot.dtb
 	@rm -f $(obj)u-boot.sb
 	@rm -f $(obj)u-boot.spr
-	@rm -f $(obj)nand_spl/{u-boot.lds,u-boot-nand_spl.lds,u-boot-spl,u-boot-spl.map,System.map}
-	@rm -f $(obj)spl/{u-boot-spl,u-boot-spl.bin,u-boot-spl.lds,u-boot-spl.map}
+	@rm -f $(obj)nand_spl/{u-boot.{lds,lst},System.map}
+	@rm -f $(obj)nand_spl/{u-boot-nand_spl.lds,u-boot-spl,u-boot-spl.map}
+	@rm -f $(obj)spl/{u-boot-spl,u-boot-spl.bin,u-boot-spl.map}
+	@rm -f $(obj)spl/{u-boot-spl.lds,u-boot.lst}
 	@rm -f $(obj)MLO
 	@rm -f $(obj)tools/xway-swap-bytes
 	@rm -f $(obj)arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc824x/bedbug_603e.c
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index bb5c69a..b7cd481 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 #########################################################################
 
+include $(TOPDIR)/helper.mk
+
 ifeq ($(CURDIR),$(SRCTREE))
 dir :=
 else
diff --git a/helper.mk b/helper.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79a1da0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2012 Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# 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 (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#########################################################################
+
+##
+# make_u_boot_list - Generate contents of u_boot_list section
+# 1:		The name of the resulting file (usually u-boot.lst)
+# 2:		Files to analyze for possible u_boot_list entries
+#
+# This function generates the contents of the u_boot_list section,
+# including all the border symbols for it's subsections. The operation
+# of this function is as follows, numbering goes per lines:
+#
+# 1) Dump the ELF header sections from all files supplied via $(2)
+# 2) Filter out all other stuff that does not belong into .u_boot_list
+#    section.
+# 3) Fix up the lines so that the resulting output is is in format
+#    ".u_boot_list.*".
+# 4) Remove the last .something$, since that only contains the name
+#    of the variable to be put into a subsection. This name is irelevant
+#    for generation of border symbols, thus of no interest, remove it.
+# 5) Take each line and for every dot "." in that line, print the whole
+#    line until that dot "." . This is important so that we have all
+#    parent border symbols generated as well.
+# 6) Load every line and firstly append "\a" at the end and print the
+#    line. Next, append "@" at the end and print the line. Finally,
+#    append "~" at the end of line. This will make sense in conjunction
+#    with 6) and 7).
+# 7) Sort the lines. It is imperative to use LC_COLLATE=C here because
+#    with this, the "\a" symbol is first and "~" symbol is last. Any
+#    other symbols fall inbetween. Symbols like "@", which marks the
+#    end of current line (representing current section) and ".", which
+#    means the line continues and thus represents subsection.
+# 8) With such ordering, all lines ending with "\a" will float at the
+#    begining of all lines with the same prefix. Thus it is easy to
+#    replace "\a" with __start and make it the __start border symbol.
+#    Very similarly for "~", which will be always at the bottom and so
+#    can be replaced by "__end" and made into the __end border symbol.
+#    Finally, every line ending with "@" symbol will be transformed
+#    into " *(SORT(${line}*)); " format, which in the linker parlance
+#    will allow it to trap all symbols relevant to the subsection.
+#
+define make_u_boot_list
+$(1): $(2)
+	$(OBJDUMP) -h $(2) | \
+	sed -n -e '/.*\.u_boot_list[^ ]\+/ ! {d;n}' \
+		-e 's/.*\(\.u_boot_list[^ ]\+\).*$$$$/\1/' \
+		-e 's/\.[^\.]\+$$$$//' \
+		-e ':s /^.\+$$$$/ { p;s/^\(.*\)\.[^\.]*$$$$/\1/;b s }' | \
+	sed -n -e 'h;s/$$$$/\a/p;g;s/$$$$/@/p;g;s/$$$$/~/p;' | \
+	LC_COLLATE=C sort -u | \
+	sed -n -e '/\a$$$$/ { s/\./_/g;s/\a$$$$/__start = .;/p; }'\
+		-e '/~$$$$/ { s/\./_/g;s/~$$$$/__end = .;/p; }'\
+		-e '/@$$$$/ { s/\(.*\)@$$$$/*(SORT(\1.*));/p }' > $(1)
+endef
diff --git a/nand_spl/board/freescale/mpc8536ds/Makefile b/nand_spl/board/freescale/mpc8536ds/Makefile
index 43da3df..e5388d8 100644
--- a/nand_spl/board/freescale/mpc8536ds/Makefile
+++ b/nand_spl/board/freescale/mpc8536ds/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 nandobj	:= $(OBJTREE)/nand_spl/
 
 LDSCRIPT= $(TOPDIR)/$(CPUDIR)/u-boot-nand_spl.lds
+LSTSCRIPT= $(nandobj)/board/$(BOARDDIR)/u-boot.lst
 LDFLAGS := -T $(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds -Ttext $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE_SPL) \
 		$(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_FINAL)
 AFLAGS	+= -DCONFIG_NAND_SPL
@@ -61,8 +62,12 @@ $(nandobj)u-boot-spl:	$(OBJS) $(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds
 		-Map $(nandobj)u-boot-spl.map \
 		-o $(nandobj)u-boot-spl
 
-$(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT)
-	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$^ >$@
+# The following line expands into whole rule which generates $(LSTSCRIPT),
+# the file containing u-boots LG-array linker section. This is included into
+# $(LDSCRIPT). The function make_u_boot_list is defined in helper.mk file.
+$(eval $(call make_u_boot_list, $(LSTSCRIPT), $(OBJS)))
+$(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT) $(LSTSCRIPT)
+	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -I$(obj) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$< >$@
 
 # create symbolic links for common files
 
diff --git a/nand_spl/board/freescale/mpc8569mds/Makefile b/nand_spl/board/freescale/mpc8569mds/Makefile
index 43da3df..e5388d8 100644
--- a/nand_spl/board/freescale/mpc8569mds/Makefile
+++ b/nand_spl/board/freescale/mpc8569mds/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 nandobj	:= $(OBJTREE)/nand_spl/
 
 LDSCRIPT= $(TOPDIR)/$(CPUDIR)/u-boot-nand_spl.lds
+LSTSCRIPT= $(nandobj)/board/$(BOARDDIR)/u-boot.lst
 LDFLAGS := -T $(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds -Ttext $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE_SPL) \
 		$(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_FINAL)
 AFLAGS	+= -DCONFIG_NAND_SPL
@@ -61,8 +62,12 @@ $(nandobj)u-boot-spl:	$(OBJS) $(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds
 		-Map $(nandobj)u-boot-spl.map \
 		-o $(nandobj)u-boot-spl
 
-$(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT)
-	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$^ >$@
+# The following line expands into whole rule which generates $(LSTSCRIPT),
+# the file containing u-boots LG-array linker section. This is included into
+# $(LDSCRIPT). The function make_u_boot_list is defined in helper.mk file.
+$(eval $(call make_u_boot_list, $(LSTSCRIPT), $(OBJS)))
+$(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT) $(LSTSCRIPT)
+	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -I$(obj) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$< >$@
 
 # create symbolic links for common files
 
diff --git a/nand_spl/board/freescale/mpc8572ds/Makefile b/nand_spl/board/freescale/mpc8572ds/Makefile
index 43da3df..e5388d8 100644
--- a/nand_spl/board/freescale/mpc8572ds/Makefile
+++ b/nand_spl/board/freescale/mpc8572ds/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 nandobj	:= $(OBJTREE)/nand_spl/
 
 LDSCRIPT= $(TOPDIR)/$(CPUDIR)/u-boot-nand_spl.lds
+LSTSCRIPT= $(nandobj)/board/$(BOARDDIR)/u-boot.lst
 LDFLAGS := -T $(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds -Ttext $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE_SPL) \
 		$(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_FINAL)
 AFLAGS	+= -DCONFIG_NAND_SPL
@@ -61,8 +62,12 @@ $(nandobj)u-boot-spl:	$(OBJS) $(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds
 		-Map $(nandobj)u-boot-spl.map \
 		-o $(nandobj)u-boot-spl
 
-$(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT)
-	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$^ >$@
+# The following line expands into whole rule which generates $(LSTSCRIPT),
+# the file containing u-boots LG-array linker section. This is included into
+# $(LDSCRIPT). The function make_u_boot_list is defined in helper.mk file.
+$(eval $(call make_u_boot_list, $(LSTSCRIPT), $(OBJS)))
+$(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT) $(LSTSCRIPT)
+	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -I$(obj) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$< >$@
 
 # create symbolic links for common files
 
diff --git a/nand_spl/board/freescale/mx31pdk/Makefile b/nand_spl/board/freescale/mx31pdk/Makefile
index 87784d2..43e72c4 100644
--- a/nand_spl/board/freescale/mx31pdk/Makefile
+++ b/nand_spl/board/freescale/mx31pdk/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 nandobj	:= $(OBJTREE)/nand_spl/
 
 LDSCRIPT= $(TOPDIR)/nand_spl/board/$(BOARDDIR)/u-boot.lds
+LSTSCRIPT= $(nandobj)/board/$(BOARDDIR)/u-boot.lst
 LDFLAGS := -T $(nandobj)u-boot.lds -Ttext $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) $(LDFLAGS) \
 	   $(LDFLAGS_FINAL)
 AFLAGS	+= -DCONFIG_SPL_BUILD -DCONFIG_NAND_SPL
@@ -36,8 +37,12 @@ $(nandobj)u-boot-spl:	$(OBJS) $(nandobj)u-boot.lds
 		-Map $(nandobj)u-boot-spl.map \
 		-o $@
 
-$(nandobj)u-boot.lds: $(LDSCRIPT)
-	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$^ >$@
+# The following line expands into whole rule which generates $(LSTSCRIPT),
+# the file containing u-boots LG-array linker section. This is included into
+# $(LDSCRIPT). The function make_u_boot_list is defined in helper.mk file.
+$(eval $(call make_u_boot_list, $(LSTSCRIPT), $(OBJS)))
+$(nandobj)u-boot.lds: $(LDSCRIPT) $(LSTSCRIPT)
+	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -I$(obj) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$< >$@
 
 #########################################################################
 
diff --git a/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1010rdb/Makefile b/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1010rdb/Makefile
index cdbd492..f270faa 100644
--- a/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1010rdb/Makefile
+++ b/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1010rdb/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 nandobj	:= $(OBJTREE)/nand_spl/
 
 LDSCRIPT= $(TOPDIR)/$(CPUDIR)/u-boot-nand_spl.lds
+LSTSCRIPT= $(nandobj)/board/$(BOARDDIR)/u-boot.lst
 LDFLAGS := -T $(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds -Ttext $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE_SPL) $(LDFLAGS) \
 	   $(LDFLAGS_FINAL)
 AFLAGS	+= -DCONFIG_NAND_SPL
@@ -62,8 +63,12 @@ $(nandobj)u-boot-spl:	$(OBJS) $(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds
 		-Map $(nandobj)u-boot-spl.map \
 		-o $(nandobj)u-boot-spl
 
-$(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT)
-	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$^ >$@
+# The following line expands into whole rule which generates $(LSTSCRIPT),
+# the file containing u-boots LG-array linker section. This is included into
+# $(LDSCRIPT). The function make_u_boot_list is defined in helper.mk file.
+$(eval $(call make_u_boot_list, $(LSTSCRIPT), $(OBJS)))
+$(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT) $(LSTSCRIPT)
+	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -I$(obj) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$< >$@
 
 # create symbolic links for common files
 
diff --git a/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1023rds/Makefile b/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1023rds/Makefile
index da43521..b288284 100644
--- a/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1023rds/Makefile
+++ b/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1023rds/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 nandobj	:= $(OBJTREE)/nand_spl/
 
 LDSCRIPT= $(TOPDIR)/$(CPUDIR)/u-boot-nand_spl.lds
+LSTSCRIPT= $(nandobj)/board/$(BOARDDIR)/u-boot.lst
 LDFLAGS := -T $(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds -Ttext $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE_SPL) \
 		$(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_FINAL)
 AFLAGS	+= -DCONFIG_NAND_SPL
@@ -57,8 +58,12 @@ $(nandobj)u-boot-spl:	$(OBJS) $(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds
 		-Map $(nandobj)u-boot-spl.map \
 		-o $(nandobj)u-boot-spl
 
-$(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT)
-	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$^ >$@
+# The following line expands into whole rule which generates $(LSTSCRIPT),
+# the file containing u-boots LG-array linker section. This is included into
+# $(LDSCRIPT). The function make_u_boot_list is defined in helper.mk file.
+$(eval $(call make_u_boot_list, $(LSTSCRIPT), $(OBJS)))
+$(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT) $(LSTSCRIPT)
+	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -I$(obj) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$< >$@
 
 # create symbolic links for common files
 
diff --git a/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb/Makefile b/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb/Makefile
index 43da3df..e5388d8 100644
--- a/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb/Makefile
+++ b/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 nandobj	:= $(OBJTREE)/nand_spl/
 
 LDSCRIPT= $(TOPDIR)/$(CPUDIR)/u-boot-nand_spl.lds
+LSTSCRIPT= $(nandobj)/board/$(BOARDDIR)/u-boot.lst
 LDFLAGS := -T $(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds -Ttext $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE_SPL) \
 		$(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_FINAL)
 AFLAGS	+= -DCONFIG_NAND_SPL
@@ -61,8 +62,12 @@ $(nandobj)u-boot-spl:	$(OBJS) $(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds
 		-Map $(nandobj)u-boot-spl.map \
 		-o $(nandobj)u-boot-spl
 
-$(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT)
-	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$^ >$@
+# The following line expands into whole rule which generates $(LSTSCRIPT),
+# the file containing u-boots LG-array linker section. This is included into
+# $(LDSCRIPT). The function make_u_boot_list is defined in helper.mk file.
+$(eval $(call make_u_boot_list, $(LSTSCRIPT), $(OBJS)))
+$(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT) $(LSTSCRIPT)
+	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -I$(obj) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$< >$@
 
 # create symbolic links for common files
 
diff --git a/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb_pc/Makefile b/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb_pc/Makefile
index 46cf709..7146d16 100644
--- a/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb_pc/Makefile
+++ b/nand_spl/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb_pc/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 nandobj	:= $(OBJTREE)/nand_spl/
 
 LDSCRIPT= $(TOPDIR)/$(CPUDIR)/u-boot-nand_spl.lds
+LSTSCRIPT= $(nandobj)/board/$(BOARDDIR)/u-boot.lst
 LDFLAGS := -T $(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds -Ttext $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE_SPL) \
 		$(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_FINAL)
 AFLAGS	+= -DCONFIG_NAND_SPL
@@ -62,8 +63,12 @@ $(nandobj)u-boot-spl:	$(OBJS) $(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds
 		-Map $(nandobj)u-boot-spl.map \
 		-o $(nandobj)u-boot-spl
 
-$(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT)
-	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$^ >$@
+# The following line expands into whole rule which generates $(LSTSCRIPT),
+# the file containing u-boots LG-array linker section. This is included into
+# $(LDSCRIPT). The function make_u_boot_list is defined in helper.mk file.
+$(eval $(call make_u_boot_list, $(LSTSCRIPT), $(OBJS)))
+$(nandobj)u-boot-nand_spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT) $(LSTSCRIPT)
+	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -I$(obj) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$< >$@
 
 # create symbolic links for common files
 
diff --git a/nand_spl/board/karo/tx25/Makefile b/nand_spl/board/karo/tx25/Makefile
index 0336346..becf7fa 100644
--- a/nand_spl/board/karo/tx25/Makefile
+++ b/nand_spl/board/karo/tx25/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/nand_spl/board/$(BOARDDIR)/config.mk
 nandobj	:= $(OBJTREE)/nand_spl/
 
 LDSCRIPT= $(TOPDIR)/nand_spl/board/$(BOARDDIR)/u-boot.lds
+LSTSCRIPT= $(nandobj)/board/$(BOARDDIR)/u-boot.lst
 LDFLAGS := -T $(nandobj)u-boot.lds -Ttext $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) $(LDFLAGS) \
 	   $(LDFLAGS_FINAL)
 AFLAGS	+= -DCONFIG_SPL_BUILD -DCONFIG_NAND_SPL
@@ -57,8 +58,12 @@ $(nandobj)u-boot-spl:	$(OBJS) $(nandobj)u-boot.lds
 		-Map $(nandobj)u-boot-spl.map \
 		-o $@
 
-$(nandobj)u-boot.lds: $(LDSCRIPT)
-	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$^ >$@
+# The following line expands into whole rule which generates $(LSTSCRIPT),
+# the file containing u-boots LG-array linker section. This is included into
+# $(LDSCRIPT). The function make_u_boot_list is defined in helper.mk file.
+$(eval $(call make_u_boot_list, $(LSTSCRIPT), $(OBJS)))
+$(nandobj)u-boot.lds: $(LDSCRIPT) $(LSTSCRIPT)
+	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -I$(obj) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - <$< >$@
 
 #########################################################################
 
diff --git a/spl/.gitignore b/spl/.gitignore
index 7c88147..8cf487e 100644
--- a/spl/.gitignore
+++ b/spl/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ u-boot-spl
 u-boot-spl.bin
 u-boot-spl.lds
 u-boot-spl.map
+u-boot.lst
diff --git a/spl/Makefile b/spl/Makefile
index 92267d6..20a943c 100644
--- a/spl/Makefile
+++ b/spl/Makefile
@@ -154,8 +154,12 @@ $(START):	depend
 $(LIBS):	depend
 	$(MAKE) -C $(SRCTREE)$(dir $(subst $(SPLTREE),,$@))
 
-$(obj)u-boot-spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT) depend
-	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - < $< > $@
+# The following line expands into whole rule which generates u-boot.lst,
+# the file containing u-boots LG-array linker section. This is included into
+# $(LDSCRIPT). The function make_u_boot_list is defined in helper.mk file.
+$(eval $(call make_u_boot_list, $(obj)u-boot.lst, $(LIBS)))
+$(obj)u-boot-spl.lds: $(LDSCRIPT) $(obj)u-boot.lst depend
+	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDPPFLAGS) -I$(obj). -ansi -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P - < $< > $@
 
 depend:	$(obj).depend
 .PHONY: depend