From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44BC0C56202 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 22:50:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E39822085B for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 22:50:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727922AbgKLWuW (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Nov 2020 17:50:22 -0500 Received: from elvis.franken.de ([193.175.24.41]:57148 "EHLO elvis.franken.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726303AbgKLWuU (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Nov 2020 17:50:20 -0500 Received: from uucp (helo=alpha) by elvis.franken.de with local-bsmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1kdLQ2-0005gc-05; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 23:50:18 +0100 Received: by alpha.franken.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7C26BC4DE1; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 23:49:46 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 23:49:46 +0100 From: Thomas Bogendoerfer To: Alexander Lobakin Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Masahiro Yamada , Paul Burton , Paul Cercueil , Huacai Chen , Jiaxun Yang , linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH mips-next 0/2] mips: boot: add support for self-extracting FIT images (vmlinuz.itb) Message-ID: <20201112224946.GF19695@alpha.franken.de> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Nov 01, 2020 at 03:11:07PM +0000, Alexander Lobakin wrote: > Commit c3e2ee657418 ("MIPS: generic: Add support for zboot") added > support for self-extracting images to Generic MIPS. However, the > intended way to boot Generic MIPS kernels is using FIT Images and > UHI boot protocol, but currently there's no way to make self-extracting > FIT Image (only legacy uzImages). > > This set consists of two parts: > 1) various cleanups in arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile as a > prerequisite; > 2) a new target named "vmlinuz.itb" for composing self-extracting > FIT Images, which allows to have the advantages of both UHI and > vmlinuz. > > The second part involves some scenarios duplication, but I think it > can be a subject for another series (for constifying and unifying > FIT Images rules across the architectures). > > Alexander Lobakin (2): > mips: boot: clean up self-extracting targets scenarios > mips: boot: add support for self-extracting FIT images (vmlinuz.itb) > > arch/mips/Makefile | 3 +- > arch/mips/boot/.gitignore | 1 + > arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----- > 3 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) series applied to mips-next. Thomas. -- Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessarily a good idea. [ RFC1925, 2.3 ]