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@@ -177,9 +177,6 @@ Directory Hierarchy: /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture /cpu CPU specific files /lib Architecture specific library files - /nios Files generic to Altera NIOS architecture - /cpu CPU specific files - /lib Architecture specific library files /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture /cpu CPU specific files /lib Architecture specific library files @@ -3337,8 +3334,8 @@ details; basically, the header defines the following image properties: Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS, INTEGRITY). * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, - IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit; - Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC). + IA64, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit; + Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC). * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2) * Load Address * Entry Point @@ -4023,6 +4020,14 @@ On ARM, the following registers are used: ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data +On Nios II, the ABI is documented here: + http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf + + ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data + + Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp + to access small data sections, so gp is free. + NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope, or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much. |