2 files changed, 6 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/bsps/powerpc/tqm8xx/start/bspstart.c b/bsps/powerpc/tqm8xx/start/bspstart.c
index b2d765c9c4..2d0b8e3c7e 100644
--- a/bsps/powerpc/tqm8xx/start/bspstart.c
+++ b/bsps/powerpc/tqm8xx/start/bspstart.c
@@ -99,11 +99,6 @@ uint32_t _CPU_Counter_frequency(void)
 
 void bsp_start( void)
 {
-
-  uintptr_t interrupt_stack_start = (uintptr_t) bsp_interrupt_stack_start;
-  uintptr_t interrupt_stack_size = (uintptr_t) bsp_interrupt_stack_end
-    - interrupt_stack_start;
-
   /*
    * Get CPU identification dynamically. Note that the get_ppc_cpu_type()
    * function stores the result in global variables so that it can be used
@@ -149,7 +144,10 @@ void bsp_start( void)
   bsp_clicks_per_usec = bsp_time_base_frequency / 1000000;
 
   /* Initialize exception handler */
-  ppc_exc_initialize(interrupt_stack_start, interrupt_stack_size);
+  ppc_exc_initialize(
+    (uintptr_t) _Configuration_Interrupt_stack_area_begin,
+    rtems_configuration_get_interrupt_stack_size()
+  );
 
   /* Initalize interrupt support */
   bsp_interrupt_initialize();
diff --git a/bsps/powerpc/tqm8xx/start/start.S b/bsps/powerpc/tqm8xx/start/start.S
index 92bda3fd6d..b16b92e1e2 100644
--- a/bsps/powerpc/tqm8xx/start/start.S
+++ b/bsps/powerpc/tqm8xx/start/start.S
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 .extern boot_card
 
 PUBLIC_VAR (_start)
-PUBLIC_VAR (bsp_interrupt_stack_start)
-PUBLIC_VAR (bsp_interrupt_stack_end)
 
 .section ".bsp_start_text", "ax"
 _start:
@@ -119,8 +117,8 @@ start_code_in_ram:
 	 */
 
 	/* Set stack pointer (common for RAM/ROM startup) */
-	LA	r1, bsp_section_text_begin
-        addi    r1, r1, -0x10 /* Set up stack pointer = beginning of text section - 0x10 */
+	LA	r1, _Configuration_Interrupt_stack_area_end
+        addi    r1, r1, -0x10
 
 	/* Create NULL */
 	li r0, 0
@@ -285,10 +283,3 @@ mpc8xx_zero_4_tail:
 	blr
 
 end_reloc_startup:
-
-	/* Interrupt stack */
-	.section ".bsp_rwextra", "aw", @nobits
-	.align 4
-bsp_interrupt_stack_start:
-	.space 32768
-bsp_interrupt_stack_end: