powerpc: Use LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE only for constants on 64-bit
Using LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE to get the address of kernel symbols generates 5 instructions where LOAD_REG_ADDR can do it in one, and will generate R_PPC64_ADDR16_* relocations in the output when we get to making the kernel as a position-independent executable, which we'd rather not have to handle. This changes various bits of assembly code to use LOAD_REG_ADDR when we need to get the address of a symbol, or to use suitable position-independent code for cases where we can't access the TOC for various reasons, or if we're not running at the address we were linked at. It also cleans up a few minor things; there's no reason to save and restore SRR0/1 around RTAS calls, __mmu_off can get the return address from LR more conveniently than the caller can supply it in R4 (and we already assume elsewhere that EA == RA if the MMU is on in early boot), and enable_64b_mode was using 5 instructions where 2 would do. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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* Loads the value of the constant expression 'expr' into register 'rn'
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* using immediate instructions only. Use this when it's important not
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* to reference other data (i.e. on ppc64 when the TOC pointer is not
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* valid).
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* valid) and when 'expr' is a constant or absolute address.
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*
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* LOAD_REG_ADDR(rn, name)
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* Loads the address of label 'name' into register 'rn'. Use this when
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