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Author SHA1 Message Date
Soby Mathew f1722b693d PIE: Use PC relative adrp/adr for symbol reference
This patch fixes up the AArch64 assembly code to use
adrp/adr instructions instead of ldr instruction for
reference to symbols. This allows these assembly
sequences to be Position Independant. Note that the
the reference to sizes have been replaced with
calculation of size at runtime. This is because size
is a constant value and does not depend on execution
address and using PC relative instructions for loading
them makes them relative to execution address. Also
we cannot use `ldr` instruction to load size as it
generates a dynamic relocation entry which must *not*
be fixed up and it is difficult for a dynamic loader
to differentiate which entries need to be skipped.

Change-Id: I8bf4ed5c58a9703629e5498a27624500ef40a836
Signed-off-by: Soby Mathew <soby.mathew@arm.com>
2018-10-29 09:54:31 +00:00
Roberto Vargas 5accce5bcc Add support for romlib in the build system
Romlib is a new image that is stored in ROM and contains the code of
several libraries that can be shared between different images. All
the functions within in the library are accessed using a jump table
which allows to update the romlib image whithout changing the binary
compatibility. This jump table can be also stored in RAM and it can
allow to patch a romlib with potential bugs fixes..

Change-Id: If980ccdaca24b7aaca900e32acc68baf6f94ab35
Signed-off-by: Roberto Vargas <roberto.vargas@arm.com>
2018-08-03 11:31:42 +01:00