Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] vexpress64: replace distro boot with standard boot

[Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>]

On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:06:57 +0100
Said Nasibov <said.nasibov@arm.com> wrote:

Hi,

> This commit updates vexpress64 configs to default to standard boot, and
> explicitly select bootmeth_smh when standard boot is enabled.
> 
> The distro boot related variables are deliberately not removed to preserve
> compatibility with existing distro boot flows.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Said Nasibov <said.nasibov@arm.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/Kconfig | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index 5872455a0fe..527a865e4dc 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -1413,7 +1413,8 @@ config ARCH_VEXPRESS64
>  	select MTD_NOR_FLASH if MTD
>  	select FLASH_CFI_DRIVER if MTD
>  	select ENV_IS_IN_FLASH if MTD
> -	imply DISTRO_DEFAULTS
> +	imply BOOTSTD_DEFAULTS
> +	select BOOTMETH_SMH if BOOTSTD

This will not work, since the Juno board is also VEXPRESS64, but does not
feature semihosting. "make vexpress_aemv8a_juno_defconfig" consequently
produces warnings during configuration.

 	select BOOTMETH_SMH if BOOTSTD && SEMIHOSTING

should fix that.

Cheers,
Andre

>  config TARGET_CORSTONE1000
>  	bool "Support Corstone1000 Platform"