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+/*
+ * This file is part of the coreboot project.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2012 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * 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; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * 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., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This file contains entry/exit functions for each stage during coreboot
+ * execution (bootblock entry and ramstage exit will depend on external
+ * loading.
+ *
+ * Unlike other files, this one should be compiled with a -m option to
+ * specify a pre-determined instruction set. This is to ensure consistency
+ * in the CPU operating mode (ARM or Thumb) when hand-off between stages
+ * occurs.
+ *
+ * Entry points must be placed at the location the previous stage jumps
+ * to (the lowest address in the stage image). This is done by giving
+ * stage_entry() its own section in .text and placing it first in the
+ * linker script.
+ */
+
+#include <arch/stages.h>
+#include <arch/cache.h>
+
+void stage_entry(void)
+{
+	main();
+}
+
+/* we had marked 'doit' as 'noreturn'.
+ * There is no apparent harm in leaving it as something we can return from, and in the one
+ * case where we call a payload, the payload is allowed to return.
+ * Hence, leave it as something we can return from.
+ */
+void stage_exit(void *addr)
+{
+	void (*doit)(void) = addr;
+	/* make sure any code we installed is written to memory. Not all ARM have
+	 * unified caches.
+	 */
+	dcache_clean_all();
+	/* Because most stages copy code to memory, it's a safe and hygienic thing
+	 * to flush the icache here.
+	 */
+	icache_invalidate_all();
+	doit();
+}