u-boot/arch/x86/lib/cmd_boot.c
Graeme Russ d13640b7c4 x86: Move do_go_exec() out of board.c
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2012-01-04 22:35:20 +11:00

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/*
* (C) Copyright 2008-2011
* Graeme Russ, <graeme.russ@gmail.com>
*
* (C) Copyright 2002
* Daniel Engström, Omicron Ceti AB, <daniel@omicron.se>
*
* (C) Copyright 2002
* Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, <wd@denx.de>
*
* (C) Copyright 2002
* Sysgo Real-Time Solutions, GmbH <www.elinos.com>
* Marius Groeger <mgroeger@sysgo.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.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
* MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
#include <common.h>
#include <command.h>
#include <malloc.h>
#include <asm/u-boot-x86.h>
unsigned long do_go_exec(ulong (*entry)(int, char * const []),
int argc, char * const argv[])
{
unsigned long ret = 0;
char **argv_tmp;
/*
* x86 does not use a dedicated register to pass the pointer to
* the global_data, so it is instead passed as argv[-1]. By using
* argv[-1], the called 'Application' can use the contents of
* argv natively. However, to safely use argv[-1] a new copy of
* argv is needed with the extra element
*/
argv_tmp = malloc(sizeof(char *) * (argc + 1));
if (argv_tmp) {
argv_tmp[0] = (char *)gd;
memcpy(&argv_tmp[1], argv, (size_t)(sizeof(char *) * argc));
ret = (entry) (argc, &argv_tmp[1]);
free(argv_tmp);
}
return ret;
}