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-rw-r--r--src/sim/System.py18
-rw-r--r--src/sim/system.cc10
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/sim/System.py b/src/sim/System.py
index 68761384b..f45decb6b 100644
--- a/src/sim/System.py
+++ b/src/sim/System.py
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
+# not be construed as granting a license to any other intellectual
+# property including but not limited to intellectual property relating
+# to a hardware implementation of the functionality of the software
+# licensed hereunder. You may use the software subject to the license
+# terms below provided that you ensure that this notice is replicated
+# unmodified and in its entirety in all distributions of the software,
+# modified or unmodified, in source code or in binary form.
+#
# Copyright (c) 2005-2007 The Regents of The University of Michigan
# Copyright (c) 2011 Regents of the University of California
# All rights reserved.
@@ -96,8 +108,10 @@ class System(MemObject):
kernel_extras = VectorParam.String([],"Additional object files to load")
readfile = Param.String("", "file to read startup script from")
symbolfile = Param.String("", "file to get the symbols from")
- load_addr_mask = Param.UInt64(0xffffffffff,
- "Address to mask loading binaries with")
+ load_addr_mask = Param.UInt64(0xffffffffffffffff,
+ "Address to mask loading binaries with, if 0, system "
+ "auto-calculates the mask to be the most restrictive, "
+ "otherwise it obeys a custom mask.")
load_offset = Param.UInt64(0, "Address to offset loading binaries with")
multi_thread = Param.Bool(False,
diff --git a/src/sim/system.cc b/src/sim/system.cc
index 9d0b919ca..e720db07a 100644
--- a/src/sim/system.cc
+++ b/src/sim/system.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright (c) 2011-2014 ARM Limited
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2014,2017 ARM Limited
* All rights reserved
*
* The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
@@ -158,6 +158,14 @@ System::System(Params *p)
kernelEnd = kernel->bssBase() + kernel->bssSize();
kernelEntry = kernel->entryPoint();
+ // If load_addr_mask is set to 0x0, then auto-calculate
+ // the smallest mask to cover all kernel addresses so gem5
+ // can relocate the kernel to a new offset.
+ if (loadAddrMask == 0) {
+ Addr shift_amt = findMsbSet(kernelEnd - kernelStart) + 1;
+ loadAddrMask = ((Addr)1 << shift_amt) - 1;
+ }
+
// load symbols
if (!kernel->loadGlobalSymbols(kernelSymtab))
fatal("could not load kernel symbols\n");