From: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
To: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>, Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>,
Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>,
Casey Connolly <casey.connolly@linaro.org>,
Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@cherry.de>,
Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>,
Justin Klaassen <justin@tidylabs.net>,
Neha Malcom Francis <n-francis@ti.com>,
Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>,
Jamie Gibbons <jamie.gibbons@microchip.com>,
Leo Yu-Chi Liang <ycliang@andestech.com>,
Harsha Vardhan V M <h-vm@ti.com>,
Weijie Gao <weijie.gao@mediatek.com>,
Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas@mailbox.org>,
Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@foss.st.com>,
Yao Zi <me@ziyao.cc>,
Alif Zakuan Yuslaimi <alif.zakuan.yuslaimi@altera.com>,
"Lucien.Jheng" <lucienzx159@gmail.com>,
u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [PATCH v5 6/6] doc: dtbinding: Update documentation for Generic Firmware loader
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 15:52:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260403135205.26979-7-ansuelsmth@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260403135205.26979-1-ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
Update documentation for Generic Firmware loader, generalize it from FS
specific and add new property and example for FIP loader.
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
---
.../misc/{fs_loader.txt => fw_loader.txt} | 15 +++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
rename doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/{fs_loader.txt => fw_loader.txt} (77%)
diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/fs_loader.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/fw_loader.txt
similarity index 77%
rename from doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/fs_loader.txt
rename to doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/fw_loader.txt
index 542be4b25a0a..44d9c076ebb8 100644
--- a/doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/fs_loader.txt
+++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/fw_loader.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-* File system firmware loader
+* Generic Firmware loader
Required properties:
--------------------
-- compatible: should contain "u-boot,fs-loader"
+- compatible: should contain "u-boot,fs-loader" or "u-boot,fip-loader"
- phandlepart: which block storage device and partition the image loading from,
this property is required for mmc, usb and sata. This is unsigned
32-bit array. For example phandlepart=<&mmc_0 1>, meaning use
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Required properties:
required for ubi and mounting.
- ubivol: which volume of ubi the image loading from, this property is required
for ubi and mounting.
+- partoffset: valid ONLY for "u-boot,fip-loader". Offset of the partition to
+ parse the FIP parition from.
Example of storage device and partition search set for mmc, usb, sata and
ubi in device tree source as shown in below:
@@ -46,3 +48,12 @@ ubi in device tree source as shown in below:
mtdpart = "UBI",
ubivol = "ubi0";
};
+
+ Example for FIP from eMMC:
+ fs_loader4: fip-loader@4 {
+ bootph-all;
+ compatible = "u-boot,fip-loader";
+ phandlepart = <&mmc0 0>;
+ partoffset = <0x100>;
+ };
+
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-03 13:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-03 13:51 [PATCH v5 0/6] misc: fs_loader: reorg and split to FS and FW loader + FIP loader Christian Marangi
2026-04-03 13:51 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] misc: fs_loader: fix ubifs not unmounted on dev_get_priv error Christian Marangi
2026-04-03 13:51 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] misc: fs_loader: reorganize and split to FS and FW loader Christian Marangi
2026-04-06 17:10 ` Simon Glass
2026-04-03 13:52 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] misc: fw_loader: implement generic get_fw_loader_from_node() Christian Marangi
2026-04-06 17:10 ` Simon Glass
2026-04-03 13:52 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] misc: fw_loader: implement request_firmware_size() OP Christian Marangi
2026-04-06 17:13 ` Simon Glass
2026-04-03 13:52 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] misc: fw_loader: introduce FIP loader driver Christian Marangi
2026-04-06 17:14 ` Simon Glass
2026-04-09 13:36 ` Christian Marangi
2026-04-03 13:52 ` Christian Marangi [this message]
2026-04-06 17:14 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] doc: dtbinding: Update documentation for Generic Firmware loader Simon Glass
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20260403135205.26979-7-ansuelsmth@gmail.com \
--to=ansuelsmth@gmail.com \
--cc=alif.zakuan.yuslaimi@altera.com \
--cc=casey.connolly@linaro.org \
--cc=h-vm@ti.com \
--cc=jamie.gibbons@microchip.com \
--cc=justin@tidylabs.net \
--cc=lucienzx159@gmail.com \
--cc=marek.vasut+renesas@mailbox.org \
--cc=me@ziyao.cc \
--cc=n-francis@ti.com \
--cc=patrice.chotard@foss.st.com \
--cc=peng.fan@nxp.com \
--cc=quentin.schulz@cherry.de \
--cc=sjg@chromium.org \
--cc=trini@konsulko.com \
--cc=u-boot@lists.denx.de \
--cc=weijie.gao@mediatek.com \
--cc=xypron.glpk@gmx.de \
--cc=ycliang@andestech.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox