From: Dzmitry Sankouski <dsankouski@gmail.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Cc: Dzmitry Sankouski <dsankouski@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/3] save prev bootloader data, when u-boot chainloaded
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 21:49:51 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220222184954.27024-1-dsankouski@gmail.com> (raw)
When u-boot is used as a chain-loaded bootloader (replacing OS kernel),
previous bootloader leaves data in RAM, that can be reused.
For example, on recent arm linux system, when chainloading u-boot,
there are initramfs and fdt in RAM prepared for OS booting. Initramfs
may be modified to store u-boot's payload, thus providing the ability to
use chainloaded u-boot to boot OS without any storage support.
Two config options added:
- SAVE_PREV_BL_INITRAMFS_START_ADDR
saves initramfs start address to 'prevbl_initrd_start_addr' environment
variable
- SAVE_PREV_BL_FDT_ADDR
saves fdt address to 'prevbl_fdt_addr' environment variable
This feature will be used for axy17lte and starqltechn boards for now,
and more phones in future.
Dzmitry Sankouski (3):
arm: init: save previous bootloader data
board: starqltechn: get board usable - add bootcmd and docs
board: axy17lte: get board usable - add bootcmd and docs
arch/arm/dts/starqltechn-uboot.dtsi | 9 ++-
arch/arm/dts/starqltechn.dts | 13 ++++-
arch/arm/lib/Makefile | 5 ++
arch/arm/lib/save_prev_bl_data.c | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
boot/Kconfig | 79 ++++++++++++++++---------
common/board_r.c | 5 ++
configs/a3y17lte_defconfig | 12 ++--
configs/a5y17lte_defconfig | 13 +++--
configs/a7y17lte_defconfig | 13 +++--
configs/starqltechn_defconfig | 18 +++++-
doc/board/qualcomm/sdm845.rst | 47 ++++++++++++++-
doc/board/samsung/axy17lte.rst | 15 +----
include/configs/exynos78x0-common.h | 4 ++
include/configs/sdm845.h | 8 +++
include/init.h | 13 +++++
15 files changed, 282 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/arm/lib/save_prev_bl_data.c
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2.20.1
next reply other threads:[~2022-02-22 18:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-22 18:49 Dzmitry Sankouski [this message]
2022-02-22 18:49 ` [PATCH 1/3 v3] arm: init: save previous bootloader data Dzmitry Sankouski
2022-04-05 18:00 ` Tom Rini
2022-02-22 18:49 ` [PATCH 2/3 v4] board: starqltechn: get board usable - add bootcmd and docs Dzmitry Sankouski
2022-04-05 18:00 ` Tom Rini
2022-02-22 18:49 ` [PATCH 3/3 v2] board: axy17lte: " Dzmitry Sankouski
2022-04-05 18:00 ` Tom Rini
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2022-02-13 19:39 [PATCH 0/3] save prev bootloader data, when u-boot chainloaded Dzmitry Sankouski
2022-01-30 10:40 Dzmitry Sankouski
2022-01-27 15:32 sankouski-dzmitry
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