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Previous patches implemented stack overflow checking for the APs. This patch builds on the BSP stack poisoning patch to implement stack overflow checking for the BSP, and also prints out maximum stack usage. It reveals that our 32K stack is ridiculously oversized, especially now that the lzma decoder doesn't use a giant 16K on-stack array. Break the stack checking out into a separate function, which we will later use for the APs. CPU0: stack from 00180000 to 00188000:Lowest stack address 00187ad8 To test failure, change the DEADBEEF stack poison value in c_start.S to something else. Then we should get an error like this: Stack overrun on BSP.Increase stack from current 32768 bytes CPU0: stack from 00180000 to 00188000:Lowest stack address 00180000 Separate the act of loading from the act of starting the payload. This allows us better error management and reporting of stack use. Now we see: CPU0: stack from 00180000 to 00188000:Lowest stack address 00187ad8 Tested for both success and failure on Link. At the same time, feel free to carefully check my manipulation of _estack. Change-Id: Ibb09738b15ec6a5510ac81e45dd82756bfa5aac2 Signed-off-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@chromium.org> Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/1286 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) Reviewed-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- coreboot README ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload. With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required. coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS. Payloads -------- After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any desired "payload" can be started by coreboot. See http://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads. Supported Hardware ------------------ coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards. For details please consult: * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices Build Requirements ------------------ * gcc / g++ * make Optional: * doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation) * iasl (for targets with ACPI support) * gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets) * ncurses (for 'make menuconfig') * flex and bison (for regenerating parsers) Building coreboot ----------------- Please consult http://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details. Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware ------------------------------------------------ If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run coreboot virtually in QEMU. Please see http://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details. Website and Mailing List ------------------------ Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website: http://www.coreboot.org You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list: http://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist Copyright and License --------------------- The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details. coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)", and some files are licensed under the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects, other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual source files for details. This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.