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* [PATCH v6 0/6] misc: fs_loader: reorg and split to FS and FW loader + FIP loader
@ 2026-04-09 13:32 Christian Marangi
  2026-04-09 13:32 ` [PATCH v6 1/6] misc: fs_loader: fix ubifs not unmounted on dev_get_priv error Christian Marangi
                   ` (5 more replies)
  0 siblings, 6 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Christian Marangi @ 2026-04-09 13:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tom Rini, Simon Glass, Christian Marangi, Casey Connolly,
	Quentin Schulz, Peng Fan, Kever Yang, Heinrich Schuchardt,
	Mateus Lima Alves, Jamie Gibbons, Neha Malcom Francis,
	Justin Klaassen, Leo Yu-Chi Liang, Weijie Gao, Marek Vasut,
	Lucien.Jheng, u-boot

This series mainly rework the FS loader to permit reading firmware from
container that are not exactly a readable filesystem.

Also splitting out the generic firmware loader infra from the
filesystem-specific code will make adding new loader types easier.

One scenario is when a firmware is shipped in a FIP container as
a generic blob with an UUID.

FIP are mostly used on ARM in the context of ATF.
In such context U-Boot is loaded as BL31 and the PHY firmware
can't be stored in the FIT image for the kernel as U-Boot should
not depend on the presence of the kernel to correctly enable PHY
for Ethernet port.

To handle such case the PHY firmware is stored in FIP with a
predictable UUID.

One example is with Airoha 8811H firmware where the FIP can
have a blob with UUID "d39d2cf2-9bd0-3ca7-93e9-e71b4f9250b2".
(generated from command "uuidgen -n @dns --md5 --name en8811h.bin")

With these example DTS entry:

fs_loader0: fip-loader {
	bootph-all;
	compatible = "u-boot,fip-loader";
	phandlepart = <&mmc0 0>;
	partoffset = <0x100>;
};

mdio {
  en8811: ethernet-phy@f {
    reg = <0xf>;
    firmware-name = "d39d2cf2-9bd0-3ca7-93e9-e71b4f9250b2";
    firmware-loader = <&fs_loader0>;
  };
};

And PHY driver using the get_fw_loader_from_node() and the
common request_firmware_into_buf() it's possible to
load the PHY firmware transparently by just declaring
the required entry in the DTS.

get_fw_loader_from_node() is implemented to actual get the
loader from DT. This was something that was already in mind
from when the FS loader was implemented but then it was
never implemented in favor of a single loader per device.

The first patch is a minor fixup for something that probably
won't ever happen.

The second one is a good reworking of the FS and FW loader
moving the internal struct to a dedicated header. (this is
really to enforce what drivers should use and what
driver should not mess with)

Then there is the request_firmware_size() new OP to get only
the size of the firmware. Useful for case where the firmware
size is not always the same and change across different version.
(the patter might be get size -> alloc buffer -> get firmware).

Then the FIP loader as a basic parser of FIP. This only
read the FIP header, loop all the entry and search for a
matching UUID. If nothing is found then no firmware blob.
Very simple implementation.

This is being CI tested on [0]

[0] https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/pull/884

Changes v6:
- Rework to generic FW loader UCLASS
- Account for firmware offset in FIP loader
- Add UBI example in documentation
- Improve variables order
Changes v5:
- Fix unment dependency for config flag
- Move request_firmware_size before FIP loader
- Add documentation patch
- Improve get_fw_loader_from_node() implementation
- use min() instead of custom MIN()
- Fix handling of some return value
Changes v4:
- Rebase on top of next
Changes v3:
- Add review tag where possible
- Check blk_dread ret
- Generalize mount_ubifs with generic_fw_loader_ubi_select
- Fix some typo
- Drop useless ubifs umount (nothing is mounted in FIP)
Changes v2:
- Better handle header include to fix compilation error
  on some devices
- Fix typo for ubifs fix commit

Christian Marangi (6):
  misc: fs_loader: fix ubifs not unmounted on dev_get_priv error
  misc: fs_loader: reorganize and split to FS loader and FW UCLASS
  misc: fw_loader: implement generic get_fw_loader_from_node()
  misc: fw_loader: implement request_firmware_size() OP
  misc: fw_loader: introduce FIP loader driver
  doc: dtbinding: Update documentation for Generic Firmware loader

 .../misc/{fs_loader.txt => fw_loader.txt}     |  29 +-
 drivers/misc/Kconfig                          |  16 +
 drivers/misc/Makefile                         |   2 +-
 drivers/misc/fs_loader.c                      | 326 -----------
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/Makefile               |   5 +
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fip_loader.c           | 544 ++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fs_loader.c            | 230 ++++++++
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c     | 192 +++++++
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h             |  82 +++
 include/dm/uclass-id.h                        |   2 +-
 include/fs_loader.h                           |  47 +-
 include/fw_loader.h                           |  42 ++
 12 files changed, 1141 insertions(+), 376 deletions(-)
 rename doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/{fs_loader.txt => fw_loader.txt} (60%)
 delete mode 100644 drivers/misc/fs_loader.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/misc/fw_loader/Makefile
 create mode 100644 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fip_loader.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fs_loader.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h

-- 
2.53.0


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* [PATCH v6 1/6] misc: fs_loader: fix ubifs not unmounted on dev_get_priv error
  2026-04-09 13:32 [PATCH v6 0/6] misc: fs_loader: reorg and split to FS and FW loader + FIP loader Christian Marangi
@ 2026-04-09 13:32 ` Christian Marangi
  2026-04-09 13:32 ` [PATCH v6 2/6] misc: fs_loader: reorganize and split to FS loader and FW UCLASS Christian Marangi
                   ` (4 subsequent siblings)
  5 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Christian Marangi @ 2026-04-09 13:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tom Rini, Simon Glass, Christian Marangi, Casey Connolly,
	Quentin Schulz, Peng Fan, Kever Yang, Heinrich Schuchardt,
	Mateus Lima Alves, Jamie Gibbons, Neha Malcom Francis,
	Justin Klaassen, Leo Yu-Chi Liang, Weijie Gao, Marek Vasut,
	Lucien.Jheng, u-boot

When dev_get_priv errors out, the ubifs is not umounted (if used).

Correctly handle this handle condition and while at it also return -EINVAL
instead of -ENOMEM as a better error since no memory is allocated but is
actually an invalid scenario for fw_get_filesystem_firmware().

Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Neha Malcom Francis <n-francis@ti.com>
---
 drivers/misc/fs_loader.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/fs_loader.c b/drivers/misc/fs_loader.c
index 6af4c7f15e7b..cd4695b08eea 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/fs_loader.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/fs_loader.c
@@ -175,8 +175,10 @@ static int fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct udevice *dev)
 
 	struct firmware *firmwarep = dev_get_priv(dev);
 
-	if (!firmwarep)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!firmwarep) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	ret = fs_read(firmwarep->name, (ulong)map_to_sysmem(firmwarep->data),
 			firmwarep->offset, firmwarep->size, &actread);
-- 
2.53.0


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* [PATCH v6 2/6] misc: fs_loader: reorganize and split to FS loader and FW UCLASS
  2026-04-09 13:32 [PATCH v6 0/6] misc: fs_loader: reorg and split to FS and FW loader + FIP loader Christian Marangi
  2026-04-09 13:32 ` [PATCH v6 1/6] misc: fs_loader: fix ubifs not unmounted on dev_get_priv error Christian Marangi
@ 2026-04-09 13:32 ` Christian Marangi
  2026-04-09 13:32 ` [PATCH v6 3/6] misc: fw_loader: implement generic get_fw_loader_from_node() Christian Marangi
                   ` (3 subsequent siblings)
  5 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Christian Marangi @ 2026-04-09 13:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tom Rini, Simon Glass, Christian Marangi, Casey Connolly,
	Quentin Schulz, Peng Fan, Kever Yang, Heinrich Schuchardt,
	Mateus Lima Alves, Jamie Gibbons, Neha Malcom Francis,
	Justin Klaassen, Leo Yu-Chi Liang, Weijie Gao, Marek Vasut,
	Lucien.Jheng, u-boot

In preparation to the introduction of variant of the FS loader,
reorganize and split the driver to generic fw_loader UCLASS and
specific fs_loader function. Create a dedicated directory for the loader
and move the internal structs and functions to a dedicated header file.
While at it also drop some redundant check and rename some variables as we
are updating the code for the UCLASS rework.

This will permit to reuse all the property and logic of FS loader
with container that are not exactly a readable filesystem.

Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/misc/Kconfig                      |   5 +
 drivers/misc/Makefile                     |   2 +-
 drivers/misc/fs_loader.c                  | 328 ----------------------
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/Makefile           |   4 +
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fs_loader.c        | 186 ++++++++++++
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c | 147 ++++++++++
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h         |  73 +++++
 include/dm/uclass-id.h                    |   2 +-
 include/fs_loader.h                       |  47 +---
 include/fw_loader.h                       |  19 ++
 10 files changed, 438 insertions(+), 375 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 drivers/misc/fs_loader.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/misc/fw_loader/Makefile
 create mode 100644 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fs_loader.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h

diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
index b2dfc7f5b663..9b181339c468 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
@@ -612,8 +612,12 @@ config MPC83XX_SERDES
 	help
 	  Support for serdes found on MPC83xx SoCs.
 
+config FW_LOADER_UCLASS
+	bool
+
 config FS_LOADER
 	bool "Enable loader driver for file system"
+	select FW_LOADER_UCLASS
 	help
 	  This is file system generic loader which can be used to load
 	  the file image from the storage into target such as memory.
@@ -623,6 +627,7 @@ config FS_LOADER
 
 config SPL_FS_LOADER
 	bool "Enable loader driver for file system in SPL"
+	select FW_LOADER_UCLASS
 	depends on SPL
 	help
 	  This is file system generic loader which can be used to load
diff --git a/drivers/misc/Makefile b/drivers/misc/Makefile
index e2170212e5ad..5a3e368767c2 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/misc/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FSL_DEVICE_DISABLE) += fsl_devdis.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FSL_IFC) += fsl_ifc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FSL_IIM) += fsl_iim.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FSL_SEC_MON) += fsl_sec_mon.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_$(PHASE_)FS_LOADER) += fs_loader.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_FW_LOADER_UCLASS) += fw_loader/
 obj-$(CONFIG_GATEWORKS_SC) += gsc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GDSYS_IOEP) += gdsys_ioep.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GDSYS_RXAUI_CTRL) += gdsys_rxaui_ctrl.o
diff --git a/drivers/misc/fs_loader.c b/drivers/misc/fs_loader.c
deleted file mode 100644
index cd4695b08eea..000000000000
--- a/drivers/misc/fs_loader.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,328 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
- /*
- * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Intel Corporation <www.intel.com>
- *
- */
-
-#define LOG_CATEGORY UCLASS_FS_FIRMWARE_LOADER
-
-#include <dm.h>
-#include <env.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <blk.h>
-#include <fs.h>
-#include <fs_loader.h>
-#include <log.h>
-#include <dm/device-internal.h>
-#include <dm/root.h>
-#include <linux/string.h>
-#include <mapmem.h>
-#include <malloc.h>
-#include <spl.h>
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
-#include <ubi_uboot.h>
-#endif
-
-/**
- * struct firmware - A place for storing firmware and its attribute data.
- *
- * This holds information about a firmware and its content.
- *
- * @size: Size of a file
- * @data: Buffer for file
- * @priv: Firmware loader private fields
- * @name: Filename
- * @offset: Offset of reading a file
- */
-struct firmware {
-	size_t size;
-	const u8 *data;
-	const char *name;
-	u32 offset;
-};
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
-static int mount_ubifs(char *mtdpart, char *ubivol)
-{
-	int ret = ubi_part(mtdpart, NULL);
-
-	if (ret) {
-		debug("Cannot find mtd partition %s\n", mtdpart);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	return cmd_ubifs_mount(ubivol);
-}
-
-static int umount_ubifs(void)
-{
-	return cmd_ubifs_umount();
-}
-#else
-static int mount_ubifs(char *mtdpart, char *ubivol)
-{
-	debug("Error: Cannot load image: no UBIFS support\n");
-	return -ENOSYS;
-}
-#endif
-
-static int select_fs_dev(struct device_plat *plat)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	if (plat->phandlepart.phandle) {
-		ofnode node;
-
-		node = ofnode_get_by_phandle(plat->phandlepart.phandle);
-
-		struct udevice *dev;
-
-		ret = device_get_global_by_ofnode(node, &dev);
-		if (!ret) {
-			struct blk_desc *desc = blk_get_by_device(dev);
-			if (desc) {
-				ret = fs_set_blk_dev_with_part(desc,
-					plat->phandlepart.partition);
-			} else {
-				debug("%s: No device found\n", __func__);
-				return -ENODEV;
-			}
-		}
-	} else if (plat->mtdpart && plat->ubivol) {
-		ret = mount_ubifs(plat->mtdpart, plat->ubivol);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-
-		ret = fs_set_blk_dev("ubi", NULL, FS_TYPE_UBIFS);
-	} else {
-		debug("Error: unsupported storage device.\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
-	if (ret)
-		debug("Error: could not access storage.\n");
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * _request_firmware_prepare - Prepare firmware struct.
- *
- * @dev: An instance of a driver.
- * @name: Name of firmware file.
- * @dbuf: Address of buffer to load firmware into.
- * @size: Size of buffer.
- * @offset: Offset of a file for start reading into buffer.
- *
- * Return: Negative value if fail, 0 for successful.
- */
-static int _request_firmware_prepare(struct udevice *dev,
-				    const char *name, void *dbuf,
-				    size_t size, u32 offset)
-{
-	if (!name || name[0] == '\0')
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	struct firmware *firmwarep = dev_get_priv(dev);
-
-	if (!firmwarep)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	firmwarep->name = name;
-	firmwarep->offset = offset;
-	firmwarep->data = dbuf;
-	firmwarep->size = size;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * fw_get_filesystem_firmware - load firmware into an allocated buffer.
- * @dev: An instance of a driver.
- *
- * Return: Size of total read, negative value when error.
- */
-static int fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct udevice *dev)
-{
-	loff_t actread = 0;
-	char *storage_interface, *dev_part, *ubi_mtdpart, *ubi_volume;
-	int ret;
-
-	storage_interface = env_get("storage_interface");
-	dev_part = env_get("fw_dev_part");
-	ubi_mtdpart = env_get("fw_ubi_mtdpart");
-	ubi_volume = env_get("fw_ubi_volume");
-
-	if (storage_interface && dev_part) {
-		ret = fs_set_blk_dev(storage_interface, dev_part, FS_TYPE_ANY);
-	} else if (storage_interface && ubi_mtdpart && ubi_volume) {
-		ret = mount_ubifs(ubi_mtdpart, ubi_volume);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-
-		if (!strcmp("ubi", storage_interface))
-			ret = fs_set_blk_dev(storage_interface, NULL,
-				FS_TYPE_UBIFS);
-		else
-			ret = -ENODEV;
-	} else {
-		ret = select_fs_dev(dev_get_plat(dev));
-	}
-
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
-
-	struct firmware *firmwarep = dev_get_priv(dev);
-
-	if (!firmwarep) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	ret = fs_read(firmwarep->name, (ulong)map_to_sysmem(firmwarep->data),
-			firmwarep->offset, firmwarep->size, &actread);
-
-	if (ret) {
-		debug("Error: %d Failed to read %s from flash %lld != %zu.\n",
-		      ret, firmwarep->name, actread, firmwarep->size);
-	} else {
-		ret = actread;
-	}
-
-out:
-#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
-	umount_ubifs();
-#endif
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * request_firmware_into_buf - Load firmware into a previously allocated buffer.
- * @dev: An instance of a driver.
- * @name: Name of firmware file.
- * @buf: Address of buffer to load firmware into.
- * @size: Size of buffer.
- * @offset: Offset of a file for start reading into buffer.
- *
- * The firmware is loaded directly into the buffer pointed to by @buf.
- *
- * Return: Size of total read, negative value when error.
- */
-int request_firmware_into_buf(struct udevice *dev,
-			      const char *name,
-			      void *buf, size_t size, u32 offset)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!dev)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	ret = _request_firmware_prepare(dev, name, buf, size, offset);
-	if (ret < 0) /* error */
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = fw_get_filesystem_firmware(dev);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int fs_loader_of_to_plat(struct udevice *dev)
-{
-	u32 phandlepart[2];
-
-	ofnode fs_loader_node = dev_ofnode(dev);
-
-	if (ofnode_valid(fs_loader_node)) {
-		struct device_plat *plat;
-
-		plat = dev_get_plat(dev);
-		if (!ofnode_read_u32_array(fs_loader_node,
-					  "phandlepart",
-					  phandlepart, 2)) {
-			plat->phandlepart.phandle = phandlepart[0];
-			plat->phandlepart.partition = phandlepart[1];
-		}
-
-		plat->mtdpart = (char *)ofnode_read_string(
-				 fs_loader_node, "mtdpart");
-
-		plat->ubivol = (char *)ofnode_read_string(
-				 fs_loader_node, "ubivol");
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int fs_loader_probe(struct udevice *dev)
-{
-#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(DM) && CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(BLK)
-	int ret;
-	struct device_plat *plat = dev_get_plat(dev);
-
-	if (plat->phandlepart.phandle) {
-		ofnode node = ofnode_get_by_phandle(plat->phandlepart.phandle);
-		struct udevice *parent_dev = NULL;
-
-		ret = device_get_global_by_ofnode(node, &parent_dev);
-		if (!ret) {
-			struct udevice *dev;
-
-			ret = blk_get_from_parent(parent_dev, &dev);
-			if (ret) {
-				debug("fs_loader: No block device: %d\n",
-					ret);
-
-				return ret;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-#endif
-
-	return 0;
-};
-
-static const struct udevice_id fs_loader_ids[] = {
-	{ .compatible = "u-boot,fs-loader"},
-	{ }
-};
-
-U_BOOT_DRIVER(fs_loader) = {
-	.name			= "fs-loader",
-	.id			= UCLASS_FS_FIRMWARE_LOADER,
-	.of_match		= fs_loader_ids,
-	.probe			= fs_loader_probe,
-	.of_to_plat	= fs_loader_of_to_plat,
-	.plat_auto	= sizeof(struct device_plat),
-	.priv_auto	= sizeof(struct firmware),
-};
-
-static struct device_plat default_plat = { 0 };
-
-int get_fs_loader(struct udevice **dev)
-{
-	int ret;
-	ofnode node = ofnode_get_chosen_node("firmware-loader");
-
-	if (ofnode_valid(node))
-		return uclass_get_device_by_ofnode(UCLASS_FS_FIRMWARE_LOADER,
-						   node, dev);
-
-	/* Try the first device if none was chosen */
-	ret = uclass_first_device_err(UCLASS_FS_FIRMWARE_LOADER, dev);
-	if (ret != -ENODEV)
-		return ret;
-
-	/* Just create a new device */
-	ret = device_bind(dm_root(), DM_DRIVER_REF(fs_loader), "default-loader",
-			  &default_plat, ofnode_null(), dev);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	return device_probe(*dev);
-}
-
-UCLASS_DRIVER(fs_loader) = {
-	.id		= UCLASS_FS_FIRMWARE_LOADER,
-	.name		= "fs-loader",
-};
diff --git a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/Makefile b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d5e9f5b338e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+obj-y += fw_loader-uclass.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_$(PHASE_)FS_LOADER) += fs_loader.o
diff --git a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fs_loader.c b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fs_loader.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2694111d8396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fs_loader.c
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Intel Corporation <www.intel.com>
+ *
+ */
+
+#define LOG_CATEGORY UCLASS_FIRMWARE_LOADER
+
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <env.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <blk.h>
+#include <fs.h>
+#include <fs_loader.h>
+#include <log.h>
+#include <dm/device-internal.h>
+#include <dm/root.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <mapmem.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <spl.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
+#include <ubi_uboot.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "internal.h"
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
+static int mount_ubifs(char *mtdpart, char *ubivol)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = generic_fw_loader_ubi_select(mtdpart);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return cmd_ubifs_mount(ubivol);
+}
+
+static int umount_ubifs(void)
+{
+	return cmd_ubifs_umount();
+}
+#else
+static int mount_ubifs(char *mtdpart, char *ubivol)
+{
+	debug("Error: Cannot load image: no UBIFS support\n");
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+#endif
+
+static int select_fs_dev(struct device_plat *plat)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (plat->phandlepart.phandle) {
+		ofnode node;
+
+		node = ofnode_get_by_phandle(plat->phandlepart.phandle);
+
+		struct udevice *dev;
+
+		ret = device_get_global_by_ofnode(node, &dev);
+		if (!ret) {
+			struct blk_desc *desc = blk_get_by_device(dev);
+			if (desc) {
+				ret = fs_set_blk_dev_with_part(desc,
+					plat->phandlepart.partition);
+			} else {
+				debug("%s: No device found\n", __func__);
+				return -ENODEV;
+			}
+		}
+	} else if (plat->mtdpart && plat->ubivol) {
+		ret = mount_ubifs(plat->mtdpart, plat->ubivol);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		ret = fs_set_blk_dev("ubi", NULL, FS_TYPE_UBIFS);
+	} else {
+		debug("Error: unsupported storage device.\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	if (ret)
+		debug("Error: could not access storage.\n");
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * fw_get_filesystem_firmware - load firmware into an allocated buffer.
+ * @dev: An instance of a driver.
+ *
+ * Return: Size of total read, negative value when error.
+ */
+static int fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	char *storage_interface, *dev_part, *ubi_mtdpart, *ubi_volume;
+	struct firmware *upriv = dev_get_uclass_priv(dev);
+	struct device_plat *plat = dev_get_uclass_plat(dev);
+	loff_t actread = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	storage_interface = env_get("storage_interface");
+	dev_part = env_get("fw_dev_part");
+	ubi_mtdpart = env_get("fw_ubi_mtdpart");
+	ubi_volume = env_get("fw_ubi_volume");
+
+	if (storage_interface && dev_part) {
+		ret = fs_set_blk_dev(storage_interface, dev_part, FS_TYPE_ANY);
+	} else if (storage_interface && ubi_mtdpart && ubi_volume) {
+		ret = mount_ubifs(ubi_mtdpart, ubi_volume);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		if (!strcmp("ubi", storage_interface))
+			ret = fs_set_blk_dev(storage_interface, NULL,
+					     FS_TYPE_UBIFS);
+		else
+			ret = -ENODEV;
+	} else {
+		ret = select_fs_dev(plat);
+	}
+
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = fs_read(upriv->name, (ulong)map_to_sysmem(upriv->data),
+		      upriv->offset, upriv->size, &actread);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		debug("Error: %d Failed to read %s from flash %lld != %zu.\n",
+		      ret, upriv->name, actread, upriv->size);
+	} else {
+		ret = actread;
+	}
+
+out:
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
+	umount_ubifs();
+#endif
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static const struct fw_loader_ops fs_loader_ops = {
+	.get_firmware = fw_get_filesystem_firmware,
+};
+
+static const struct udevice_id fs_loader_ids[] = {
+	{ .compatible = "u-boot,fs-loader"},
+	{ }
+};
+
+U_BOOT_DRIVER(fs_loader) = {
+	.name			= "fs-loader",
+	.id			= UCLASS_FIRMWARE_LOADER,
+	.of_match		= fs_loader_ids,
+	.ops			= &fs_loader_ops,
+};
+
+static struct device_plat default_plat = { 0 };
+
+int get_fs_loader(struct udevice **dev)
+{
+	int ret;
+	ofnode node = ofnode_get_chosen_node("firmware-loader");
+
+	if (ofnode_valid(node))
+		return uclass_get_device_by_ofnode(UCLASS_FIRMWARE_LOADER,
+						   node, dev);
+
+	/* Try the first device if none was chosen */
+	ret = uclass_first_device_err(UCLASS_FIRMWARE_LOADER, dev);
+	if (ret != -ENODEV)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Just create a new device */
+	ret = device_bind(dm_root(), DM_DRIVER_REF(fs_loader), "default-loader",
+			  &default_plat, ofnode_null(), dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return device_probe(*dev);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..16a1fe2d4a65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Intel Corporation <www.intel.com>
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <blk.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <dm/device.h>
+#include <fw_loader.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
+#include <ubi_uboot.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "internal.h"
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
+int generic_fw_loader_ubi_select(char *mtdpart)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = ubi_part(mtdpart, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		debug("Cannot find mtd partition %s\n", mtdpart);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+#else
+int generic_fw_loader_ubi_select(char *mtdpart)
+{
+	debug("Error: Cannot select ubi partition: no UBIFS support\n");
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+#endif
+
+static int fw_loader_pre_probe(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct device_plat *plat = dev_get_uclass_plat(dev);
+	ofnode fw_loader_node;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DM))
+		return 0;
+
+	fw_loader_node = dev_ofnode(dev);
+	if (ofnode_valid(fw_loader_node)) {
+		u32 phandlepart[2];
+
+		if (!ofnode_read_u32_array(fw_loader_node, "phandlepart",
+					   phandlepart, 2)) {
+			plat->phandlepart.phandle = phandlepart[0];
+			plat->phandlepart.partition = phandlepart[1];
+		}
+
+		plat->mtdpart = (char *)ofnode_read_string(fw_loader_node,
+							   "mtdpart");
+
+		plat->ubivol = (char *)ofnode_read_string(fw_loader_node,
+							  "ubivol");
+	}
+
+	if (plat->phandlepart.phandle) {
+		ofnode node = ofnode_get_by_phandle(plat->phandlepart.phandle);
+		struct udevice *parent_dev = NULL;
+
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK)) {
+			debug("fw_loader: No block device support\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		ret = device_get_global_by_ofnode(node, &parent_dev);
+		if (!ret) {
+			struct udevice *blk_dev;
+
+			ret = blk_get_from_parent(parent_dev, &blk_dev);
+			if (ret) {
+				debug("fw_loader: No block device: %d\n",
+				      ret);
+
+				return ret;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+UCLASS_DRIVER(fw_loader) = {
+	.id		= UCLASS_FIRMWARE_LOADER,
+	.name		= "fw_loader",
+	.pre_probe	= fw_loader_pre_probe,
+	.per_device_plat_auto = sizeof(struct device_plat),
+	.per_device_auto = sizeof(struct firmware),
+};
+
+/**
+ * _request_firmware_prepare - Prepare firmware struct.
+ *
+ * @dev: An instance of a driver.
+ * @name: Name of firmware file.
+ * @dbuf: Address of buffer to load firmware into.
+ * @size: Size of buffer.
+ * @offset: Offset of a file for start reading into buffer.
+ *
+ * Return: Negative value if fail, 0 for successful.
+ */
+static int _request_firmware_prepare(struct udevice *dev,
+				     const char *name, void *dbuf,
+				     size_t size, u32 offset)
+{
+	struct firmware *upriv = dev_get_uclass_priv(dev);
+
+	if (!name || name[0] == '\0')
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	upriv->name = name;
+	upriv->offset = offset;
+	upriv->data = dbuf;
+	upriv->size = size;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int request_firmware_into_buf(struct udevice *dev,
+			      const char *name,
+			      void *buf, size_t size, u32 offset)
+{
+	struct fw_loader_ops *ops;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!dev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = _request_firmware_prepare(dev, name, buf, size, offset);
+	if (ret < 0) /* error */
+		return ret;
+
+	ops = fw_loader_get_ops(dev);
+
+	if (!ops->get_firmware)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	return ops->get_firmware(dev);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2f93d0c706b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Intel Corporation <www.intel.com>
+ */
+#ifndef _FW_LOADER_INTERNAL_H_
+#define _FW_LOADER_INTERNAL_H_
+
+/**
+ * struct phandle_part - A place for storing phandle of node and its partition
+ *
+ * This holds information about a phandle of the block device, and its
+ * partition where the firmware would be loaded from.
+ *
+ * @phandle: Phandle of storage device node
+ * @partition: Partition of block device
+ */
+struct phandle_part {
+	u32 phandle;
+	u32 partition;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct fw_loader_ops - driver operations for Firmware Loader uclass
+ *
+ * Drivers MUST support these operation. These operations are intended
+ * to be used by uclass code, not directly from other code.
+ */
+struct fw_loader_ops {
+	/**
+	 * get_firmware() - get firmware from Firmware Loader driver
+	 *
+	 * @dev:	Firmware Loader device to read firmware from
+	 */
+	int (*get_firmware)(struct udevice *dev);
+};
+
+#define fw_loader_get_ops(dev)	((struct fw_loader_ops *)(dev)->driver->ops)
+
+/**
+ * struct device_plat - A place for storing all supported storage devices
+ *
+ * This holds information about all supported storage devices for driver use.
+ *
+ * @phandlepart: Attribute data for block device.
+ * @mtdpart: MTD partition for ubi partition.
+ * @ubivol: UBI volume-name for ubifsmount.
+ */
+struct device_plat {
+	struct phandle_part phandlepart;
+	char *mtdpart;
+	char *ubivol;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct firmware - A place for storing firmware and its attribute data.
+ *
+ * This holds information about a firmware and its content.
+ *
+ * @size: Size of a file
+ * @data: Buffer for file
+ * @name: Filename
+ * @offset: Offset of reading a file
+ */
+struct firmware {
+	size_t size;
+	const u8 *data;
+	const char *name;
+	u32 offset;
+};
+
+int generic_fw_loader_ubi_select(char *mtdpart);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/dm/uclass-id.h b/include/dm/uclass-id.h
index 36b5d87c304f..5ef3138e6ac7 100644
--- a/include/dm/uclass-id.h
+++ b/include/dm/uclass-id.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ enum uclass_id {
 	UCLASS_FIRMWARE,	/* Firmware */
 	UCLASS_FPGA,		/* FPGA device */
 	UCLASS_FUZZING_ENGINE,	/* Fuzzing engine */
-	UCLASS_FS_FIRMWARE_LOADER,		/* Generic loader */
+	UCLASS_FIRMWARE_LOADER,	/* Firmware loader */
 	UCLASS_FWU_MDATA,	/* FWU Metadata Access */
 	UCLASS_GPIO,		/* Bank of general-purpose I/O pins */
 	UCLASS_HASH,		/* Hash device */
diff --git a/include/fs_loader.h b/include/fs_loader.h
index 7e16e0f70309..3c64efe1b439 100644
--- a/include/fs_loader.h
+++ b/include/fs_loader.h
@@ -6,52 +6,9 @@
 #ifndef _FS_LOADER_H_
 #define _FS_LOADER_H_
 
-struct udevice;
-
-/**
- * struct phandle_part - A place for storing phandle of node and its partition
- *
- * This holds information about a phandle of the block device, and its
- * partition where the firmware would be loaded from.
- *
- * @phandle: Phandle of storage device node
- * @partition: Partition of block device
- */
-struct phandle_part {
-	u32 phandle;
-	u32 partition;
-};
-
-/**
- * struct phandle_part - A place for storing all supported storage devices
- *
- * This holds information about all supported storage devices for driver use.
- *
- * @phandlepart: Attribute data for block device.
- * @mtdpart: MTD partition for ubi partition.
- * @ubivol: UBI volume-name for ubifsmount.
- */
-struct device_plat {
-	struct phandle_part phandlepart;
-	char *mtdpart;
-	char *ubivol;
-};
+#include <fw_loader.h>
 
-/**
- * request_firmware_into_buf - Load firmware into a previously allocated buffer.
- * @dev: An instance of a driver.
- * @name: Name of firmware file.
- * @buf: Address of buffer to load firmware into.
- * @size: Size of buffer.
- * @offset: Offset of a file for start reading into buffer.
- *
- * The firmware is loaded directly into the buffer pointed to by @buf.
- *
- * Return: Size of total read, negative value when error.
- */
-int request_firmware_into_buf(struct udevice *dev,
-			      const char *name,
-			      void *buf, size_t size, u32 offset);
+struct udevice;
 
 /**
  * get_fs_loader() - Get the chosen filesystem loader
diff --git a/include/fw_loader.h b/include/fw_loader.h
index 35574482b2b9..56f5e3be6195 100644
--- a/include/fw_loader.h
+++ b/include/fw_loader.h
@@ -1,10 +1,29 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 /*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Intel Corporation <www.intel.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2025 Lucien Jheng <lucienzx159@gmail.com>
  */
 #ifndef _FW_LOADER_H_
 #define _FW_LOADER_H_
 
+struct udevice;
+
+/**
+ * request_firmware_into_buf - Load firmware into a previously allocated buffer.
+ * @dev: An instance of a driver.
+ * @name: Name of firmware file.
+ * @buf: Address of buffer to load firmware into.
+ * @size: Size of buffer.
+ * @offset: Offset of a file for start reading into buffer.
+ *
+ * The firmware is loaded directly into the buffer pointed to by @buf.
+ *
+ * Return: Size of total read, negative value when error.
+ */
+int request_firmware_into_buf(struct udevice *dev,
+			      const char *name,
+			      void *buf, size_t size, u32 offset);
+
 /**
  * request_firmware_into_buf_via_script() -
  * Load firmware using a U-Boot script and copy to buffer
-- 
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* [PATCH v6 3/6] misc: fw_loader: implement generic get_fw_loader_from_node()
  2026-04-09 13:32 [PATCH v6 0/6] misc: fs_loader: reorg and split to FS and FW loader + FIP loader Christian Marangi
  2026-04-09 13:32 ` [PATCH v6 1/6] misc: fs_loader: fix ubifs not unmounted on dev_get_priv error Christian Marangi
  2026-04-09 13:32 ` [PATCH v6 2/6] misc: fs_loader: reorganize and split to FS loader and FW UCLASS Christian Marangi
@ 2026-04-09 13:32 ` Christian Marangi
  2026-04-09 13:33 ` [PATCH v6 4/6] misc: fw_loader: implement request_firmware_size() OP Christian Marangi
                   ` (2 subsequent siblings)
  5 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Christian Marangi @ 2026-04-09 13:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tom Rini, Simon Glass, Christian Marangi, Casey Connolly,
	Quentin Schulz, Peng Fan, Kever Yang, Heinrich Schuchardt,
	Mateus Lima Alves, Jamie Gibbons, Neha Malcom Francis,
	Justin Klaassen, Leo Yu-Chi Liang, Weijie Gao, Marek Vasut,
	Lucien.Jheng, u-boot

Implement a generic function to get a FW loader dev from a node.

There is currently only get_fs_loader() but that is limited to chosen
node and is limited only to FS loader.

Introduce get_fw_loader_from_node() that will parse the
"firmware-loader" from a specified node and will search and probe a
matching FW loader device, if found.

Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/fw_loader.h                       | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c
index 16a1fe2d4a65..c32c213b5b38 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <dm.h>
 #include <dm/device.h>
+#include <dm/device-internal.h>
+#include <dm/uclass.h>
 #include <fw_loader.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
@@ -96,6 +98,27 @@ UCLASS_DRIVER(fw_loader) = {
 	.per_device_auto = sizeof(struct firmware),
 };
 
+int get_fw_loader_from_node(ofnode node, struct udevice **dev)
+{
+	struct udevice *fw_dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	node = ofnode_parse_phandle(node, "firmware-loader", 0);
+	if (!ofnode_valid(node))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	ret = device_find_global_by_ofnode(node, &fw_dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = device_probe(fw_dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	*dev = fw_dev;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * _request_firmware_prepare - Prepare firmware struct.
  *
diff --git a/include/fw_loader.h b/include/fw_loader.h
index 56f5e3be6195..99c47380a172 100644
--- a/include/fw_loader.h
+++ b/include/fw_loader.h
@@ -6,8 +6,22 @@
 #ifndef _FW_LOADER_H_
 #define _FW_LOADER_H_
 
+#include <dm/ofnode_decl.h>
+
 struct udevice;
 
+/**
+ * get_fw_loader_from_node - Get FW loader dev from @node.
+ *
+ * @node: ofnode where "firmware-loader" phandle is stored.
+ * @dev: pointer where to store the FW loader dev.
+ *
+ * Search and probe a matching FW loader device, if found.
+ *
+ * Return: Negative value if fail, 0 for successful.
+ */
+int get_fw_loader_from_node(ofnode node, struct udevice **dev);
+
 /**
  * request_firmware_into_buf - Load firmware into a previously allocated buffer.
  * @dev: An instance of a driver.
-- 
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* [PATCH v6 4/6] misc: fw_loader: implement request_firmware_size() OP
  2026-04-09 13:32 [PATCH v6 0/6] misc: fs_loader: reorg and split to FS and FW loader + FIP loader Christian Marangi
                   ` (2 preceding siblings ...)
  2026-04-09 13:32 ` [PATCH v6 3/6] misc: fw_loader: implement generic get_fw_loader_from_node() Christian Marangi
@ 2026-04-09 13:33 ` Christian Marangi
  2026-04-09 13:33 ` [PATCH v6 5/6] misc: fw_loader: introduce FIP loader driver Christian Marangi
  2026-04-09 13:33 ` [PATCH v6 6/6] doc: dtbinding: Update documentation for Generic Firmware loader Christian Marangi
  5 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Christian Marangi @ 2026-04-09 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tom Rini, Simon Glass, Christian Marangi, Casey Connolly,
	Quentin Schulz, Peng Fan, Kever Yang, Heinrich Schuchardt,
	Mateus Lima Alves, Jamie Gibbons, Neha Malcom Francis,
	Justin Klaassen, Leo Yu-Chi Liang, Weijie Gao, Marek Vasut,
	Lucien.Jheng, u-boot

It might be useful to get the firmware size before reading it to allocate
the correct size. This is needed for case where the firmware size change
across different firmware version and is not always the same. In such case
the only way to handle this scenario is to allocate a big-enough buffer to
read the firmware.

To better handle this, introduce the request_firmware_size() OP to get the
firmware size before reading it. This way proper buffer can be allocated
and dynamic firmware size can be better supported.

FS loader is updated to handle the new .get_size() handler.

Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fs_loader.c        | 68 +++++++++++++++++++----
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c | 19 +++++++
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h         |  7 +++
 include/fw_loader.h                       |  9 +++
 4 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fs_loader.c b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fs_loader.c
index 2694111d8396..8f549654a1be 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fs_loader.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fs_loader.c
@@ -89,18 +89,10 @@ static int select_fs_dev(struct device_plat *plat)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/**
- * fw_get_filesystem_firmware - load firmware into an allocated buffer.
- * @dev: An instance of a driver.
- *
- * Return: Size of total read, negative value when error.
- */
-static int fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct udevice *dev)
+static int fw_get_filesystem_prepare(struct udevice *dev)
 {
 	char *storage_interface, *dev_part, *ubi_mtdpart, *ubi_volume;
-	struct firmware *upriv = dev_get_uclass_priv(dev);
 	struct device_plat *plat = dev_get_uclass_plat(dev);
-	loff_t actread = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	storage_interface = env_get("storage_interface");
@@ -124,6 +116,29 @@ static int fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct udevice *dev)
 		ret = select_fs_dev(plat);
 	}
 
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void fw_get_filesystem_release(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
+	umount_ubifs();
+#endif
+}
+
+/**
+ * fw_get_filesystem_firmware - load firmware into an allocated buffer.
+ * @dev: An instance of a driver.
+ *
+ * Return: Size of total read, negative value when error.
+ */
+static int fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct firmware *upriv = dev_get_uclass_priv(dev);
+	loff_t actread = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = fw_get_filesystem_prepare(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -138,14 +153,43 @@ static int fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct udevice *dev)
 	}
 
 out:
-#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
-	umount_ubifs();
-#endif
+	fw_get_filesystem_release(dev);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * fw_get_filesystem_firmware_size - get firmware size.
+ * @dev: An instance of a driver.
+ *
+ * Return: Size of firmware, negative value when error.
+ */
+static int fw_get_filesystem_firmware_size(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct firmware *upriv = dev_get_uclass_priv(dev);
+	loff_t size = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = fw_get_filesystem_prepare(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = fs_size(upriv->name, &size);
+	if (ret) {
+		debug("Error: %d Failed to get size for %s.\n",
+		      ret, upriv->name);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = size;
+
+out:
+	fw_get_filesystem_release(dev);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct fw_loader_ops fs_loader_ops = {
 	.get_firmware = fw_get_filesystem_firmware,
+	.get_size = fw_get_filesystem_firmware_size,
 };
 
 static const struct udevice_id fs_loader_ids[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c
index c32c213b5b38..19379c23411b 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c
@@ -168,3 +168,22 @@ int request_firmware_into_buf(struct udevice *dev,
 
 	return ops->get_firmware(dev);
 }
+
+int request_firmware_size(struct udevice *dev, const char *name)
+{
+	struct fw_loader_ops *ops;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!dev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = _request_firmware_prepare(dev, name, NULL, 0, 0);
+	if (ret < 0) /* error */
+		return ret;
+
+	ops = fw_loader_get_ops(dev);
+	if (!ops->get_size)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	return ops->get_size(dev);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h
index 2f93d0c706b6..9964dc436afb 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ struct fw_loader_ops {
 	 * @dev:	Firmware Loader device to read firmware from
 	 */
 	int (*get_firmware)(struct udevice *dev);
+
+	/**
+	 * get_size() - get firmware size from Firmware Loader driver
+	 *
+	 * @dev:	Firmware Loader device to get firmware size from
+	 */
+	int (*get_size)(struct udevice *dev);
 };
 
 #define fw_loader_get_ops(dev)	((struct fw_loader_ops *)(dev)->driver->ops)
diff --git a/include/fw_loader.h b/include/fw_loader.h
index 99c47380a172..01f242dcbefd 100644
--- a/include/fw_loader.h
+++ b/include/fw_loader.h
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ int request_firmware_into_buf(struct udevice *dev,
 			      const char *name,
 			      void *buf, size_t size, u32 offset);
 
+/**
+ * request_firmware_size - Get firmware size.
+ * @dev: An instance of a driver.
+ * @name: Name of firmware file.
+ *
+ * Return: Size of firmware, negative value when error.
+ */
+int request_firmware_size(struct udevice *dev, const char *name);
+
 /**
  * request_firmware_into_buf_via_script() -
  * Load firmware using a U-Boot script and copy to buffer
-- 
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* [PATCH v6 5/6] misc: fw_loader: introduce FIP loader driver
  2026-04-09 13:32 [PATCH v6 0/6] misc: fs_loader: reorg and split to FS and FW loader + FIP loader Christian Marangi
                   ` (3 preceding siblings ...)
  2026-04-09 13:33 ` [PATCH v6 4/6] misc: fw_loader: implement request_firmware_size() OP Christian Marangi
@ 2026-04-09 13:33 ` Christian Marangi
  2026-04-09 13:33 ` [PATCH v6 6/6] doc: dtbinding: Update documentation for Generic Firmware loader Christian Marangi
  5 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Christian Marangi @ 2026-04-09 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tom Rini, Simon Glass, Christian Marangi, Casey Connolly,
	Quentin Schulz, Peng Fan, Kever Yang, Heinrich Schuchardt,
	Mateus Lima Alves, Jamie Gibbons, Neha Malcom Francis,
	Justin Klaassen, Leo Yu-Chi Liang, Weijie Gao, Marek Vasut,
	Lucien.Jheng, u-boot

Introduce a variant of the FS loader driver to extract images from FIP
image. These image can contain additional binary used to init Network
accelerator or PHY firmware blob.

The way FIP handle image type is with the usage of UUID.

This FIP loader driver implement a simple FIP image parser that check
every entry for a matching UUID.

Similar to FS loader, this driver also support both UBI and Block
devices.

Also an additional property is added to handle special case with eMMC
that doesn't have a GPT partition and require a global offset to
reference the FIP partition.

An example usage of this driver is the following:

Entry in DTS:

	fs_loader0: fip-loader {
		bootph-all;
		compatible = "u-boot,fip-loader";
		phandlepart = <&mmc0 0>;
		partoffset = <0x100>;
	};

	ethernet@1fb50000 {
		firmware-loader = <&fs_loader0>;
	}

FIP loader user:

	/* get the FW loader from the ethernet node */
	get_fw_loader_from_node(dev_ofnode(dev), &fw_loader);

	/* read the blob identified by "58704aef-389f-3e52-b475-e0bf2234a6a2" UUID */
	request_firmware_into_buf(fw_loader, "58704aef-389f-3e52-b475-e0bf2234a6a2",
				  buf, 261400, 0);

Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/misc/Kconfig                      |  11 +
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/Makefile           |   1 +
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fip_loader.c       | 544 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c |   3 +
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h         |   2 +
 5 files changed, 561 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fip_loader.c

diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
index 9b181339c468..ee0a9f40d99e 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
@@ -615,6 +615,17 @@ config MPC83XX_SERDES
 config FW_LOADER_UCLASS
 	bool
 
+config FIP_LOADER
+	bool "Enable loader driver from FIP partition"
+	select LIB_UUID
+	select FW_LOADER_UCLASS
+	help
+	  This is FIP partition generic loader which can be used to load
+	  the file image from the FIP image into target such as memory.
+
+	  The consumer driver would then use this loader to program whatever,
+	  ie. the FPGA device/PHY firmware.
+
 config FS_LOADER
 	bool "Enable loader driver for file system"
 	select FW_LOADER_UCLASS
diff --git a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/Makefile b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/Makefile
index 3d5e9f5b338e..29418a008fb3 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 
 obj-y += fw_loader-uclass.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_FIP_LOADER) += fip_loader.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(PHASE_)FS_LOADER) += fs_loader.o
diff --git a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fip_loader.c b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fip_loader.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..da1ed98eeb4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fip_loader.c
@@ -0,0 +1,544 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
+ *
+ */
+
+#define LOG_CATEGORY UCLASS_FIRMWARE_LOADER
+
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <div64.h>
+#include <env.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <blk.h>
+#include <fs.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <log.h>
+#include <mapmem.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <memalign.h>
+#include <part.h>
+#include <u-boot/uuid.h>
+
+#include "internal.h"
+
+#define TOC_HEADER_NAME	0xaa640001
+
+struct fip_toc_header {
+	u32 name;
+	u32 serial_number;
+	u64 flags;
+};
+
+struct fip_toc_entry {
+	struct uuid uuid;
+	u64 offset_address;
+	u64 size;
+	u64 flags;
+};
+
+enum fip_storage_interface {
+	FIP_STORAGE_INTERFACE_BLK,
+	FIP_STORAGE_INTERFACE_UBI,
+};
+
+struct fip_storage_info {
+	enum fip_storage_interface storage_interface;
+
+	/* BLK info */
+	struct disk_partition part_info;
+	struct blk_desc *desc;
+	unsigned int part_offset;
+
+	/* UBI info */
+	char *ubi_volume;
+};
+
+static bool validate_fip_toc_header(struct fip_toc_header *hdr)
+{
+	if (hdr->name != TOC_HEADER_NAME) {
+		log_err("Invalid FIP header\n");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static int firmware_name_to_uuid(struct firmware *firmwarep,
+				 struct uuid *uuid)
+{
+	const char *uuid_str = firmwarep->name;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = uuid_str_to_bin(uuid_str, (unsigned char *)uuid,
+			      UUID_STR_FORMAT_STD);
+	if (ret)
+		log_err("Invalid UUID str: %s\n", uuid_str);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int check_fip_toc_entry(struct fip_toc_entry *ent,
+			       struct uuid *uuid,
+			       struct fip_toc_entry *dent)
+{
+	struct uuid uuid_null = { };
+
+	/* NULL uuid. We parsed every entry */
+	if (!memcmp(&ent->uuid, &uuid_null, sizeof(uuid_null)))
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	/* We found the related uuid */
+	if (!memcmp(&ent->uuid, uuid, sizeof(*uuid))) {
+		log_debug("Found matching FIP entry. offset: 0x%llx size: %lld\n",
+			  ent->offset_address, ent->size);
+		memcpy(dent, ent, sizeof(*ent));
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -EAGAIN;
+}
+
+static int blk_read_fip_toc_header(struct blk_desc *desc, u32 offset,
+				   char *buf, struct fip_toc_header *hdr)
+{
+	unsigned int blkcnt = BLOCK_CNT(sizeof(*hdr), desc);
+	unsigned long to_read;
+	size_t read = 0;
+	int i, ret;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < blkcnt && read < sizeof(*hdr); i++) {
+		to_read = min(desc->blksz,
+			      (unsigned long)(sizeof(*hdr) - read));
+
+		ret = blk_dread(desc, offset + i, 1, buf);
+		if (ret != 1)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		memcpy((u8 *)hdr + read, buf, to_read);
+		read += to_read;
+	}
+
+	return read;
+}
+
+static int blk_read_fip_toc_entry(struct blk_desc *desc, u32 offset,
+				  int pos, char *buf,
+				  struct fip_toc_entry *ent)
+{
+	unsigned long left, consumed, to_read, read = 0;
+	unsigned int blkstart, blkcnt;
+	int i, ret;
+
+	consumed = pos % desc->blksz;
+	left = desc->blksz - consumed;
+	to_read = min(left, (unsigned long)sizeof(*ent));
+
+	blkstart = BLOCK_CNT(pos, desc);
+	blkcnt = BLOCK_CNT(sizeof(*ent) - to_read, desc);
+
+	/* Read data from previous cached block if present */
+	if (left) {
+		memcpy(ent, buf + consumed, to_read);
+		read += to_read;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < blkcnt && read < sizeof(*ent); i++) {
+		to_read = min(desc->blksz,
+			      (unsigned long)(sizeof(*ent) - read));
+
+		ret = blk_dread(desc, offset + blkstart + i, 1, buf);
+		if (ret != 1)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		memcpy((u8 *)ent + read, buf, to_read);
+		read += to_read;
+	}
+
+	return read;
+}
+
+static int blk_parse_fip_firmware(struct firmware *firmwarep,
+				  struct blk_desc *desc,
+				  struct disk_partition *part_info,
+				  unsigned int part_offset,
+				  struct fip_toc_entry *dent)
+{
+	unsigned int offset = part_info->start + part_offset;
+	struct fip_toc_header hdr;
+	struct fip_toc_entry ent;
+	struct uuid uuid;
+	unsigned int pos;
+	char *read_buf;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Allocate a Scratch Buffer for FIP parsing */
+	read_buf = malloc(desc->blksz);
+	if (!read_buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = blk_read_fip_toc_header(desc, offset, read_buf, &hdr);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	pos = ret;
+
+	if (!validate_fip_toc_header(&hdr)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = firmware_name_to_uuid(firmwarep, &uuid);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* Loop for every FIP entry searching for uuid */
+	while (true) {
+		ret = blk_read_fip_toc_entry(desc, offset, pos,
+					     read_buf, &ent);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto out;
+
+		pos += ret;
+
+		ret = check_fip_toc_entry(&ent, &uuid, dent);
+		if (ret != -EAGAIN)
+			break;
+	}
+
+out:
+	free(read_buf);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
+static int ubi_parse_fip_firmware(struct firmware *firmwarep,
+				  char *ubi_vol,
+				  struct fip_toc_entry *dent)
+{
+	struct fip_toc_header hdr;
+	struct fip_toc_entry ent;
+	struct uuid uuid;
+	unsigned int pos;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = ubi_volume_read(ubi_vol, (char *)&hdr, 0, sizeof(hdr));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	pos = sizeof(hdr);
+
+	if (!validate_fip_toc_header(&hdr))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = firmware_name_to_uuid(firmwarep, &uuid);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Loop for every FIP entry searching for uuid */
+	while (true) {
+		ret = ubi_volume_read(ubi_vol, (char *)&ent, pos,
+				      sizeof(ent));
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		ret = check_fip_toc_entry(&ent, &uuid, dent);
+		if (ret != -EAGAIN)
+			break;
+
+		pos += sizeof(ent);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
+static int parse_fip_firmware(struct firmware *firmwarep,
+			      struct fip_storage_info *info,
+			      struct fip_toc_entry *dent)
+{
+	switch (info->storage_interface) {
+	case FIP_STORAGE_INTERFACE_BLK:
+		return blk_parse_fip_firmware(firmwarep, info->desc,
+					      &info->part_info,
+					      info->part_offset,
+					      dent);
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
+	case FIP_STORAGE_INTERFACE_UBI:
+		return ubi_parse_fip_firmware(firmwarep,
+					      info->ubi_volume,
+					      dent);
+#endif
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+
+static int blk_read_fip_firmware(struct firmware *firmwarep,
+				 struct blk_desc *desc,
+				 struct disk_partition *part_info,
+				 unsigned int part_offset,
+				 const struct fip_toc_entry *ent)
+{
+	unsigned int offset = part_info->start + part_offset;
+	unsigned long pos, to_read, read = 0;
+	unsigned long long blkstart;
+	unsigned int blkcnt;
+	char *read_buf;
+	size_t size;
+	int i, ret;
+
+	read_buf = malloc(desc->blksz);
+	if (!read_buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	size = ent->size - firmwarep->offset;
+	blkcnt = BLOCK_CNT(size, desc);
+	blkstart = ent->offset_address + firmwarep->offset;
+	pos = do_div(blkstart, desc->blksz);
+
+	/* Read data in the middle of a block */
+	if (pos) {
+		to_read = min(desc->blksz - pos, (unsigned long)size);
+		ret = blk_dread(desc, offset + blkstart, 1, read_buf);
+		if (ret != 1) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		memcpy((u8 *)firmwarep->data, read_buf + pos, to_read);
+		read += to_read;
+		blkstart++;
+	}
+
+	/* Consume all the remaining block */
+	for (i = 0; i < blkcnt && read < size; i++) {
+		to_read = min(desc->blksz, (unsigned long)(size - read));
+		ret = blk_dread(desc, offset + blkstart + i, 1, read_buf);
+		if (ret != 1) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		memcpy((u8 *)firmwarep->data + read, read_buf, to_read);
+		read += to_read;
+	}
+
+	ret = read;
+
+out:
+	free(read_buf);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
+static int ubi_read_fip_firmware(struct firmware *firmwarep,
+				 char *ubi_vol,
+				 const struct fip_toc_entry *ent)
+{
+	unsigned int offset = firmwarep->offset;
+	size_t size = ent->size;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = ubi_volume_read(ubi_vol,
+			      (u8 *)firmwarep->data,
+			      ent->offset_address + offset,
+			      size - offset);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return size - firmwarep->offset;
+}
+#endif
+
+static int read_fip_firmware(struct firmware *firmwarep,
+			     struct fip_storage_info *info,
+			     const struct fip_toc_entry *dent)
+{
+	switch (info->storage_interface) {
+	case FIP_STORAGE_INTERFACE_BLK:
+		return blk_read_fip_firmware(firmwarep, info->desc,
+					     &info->part_info,
+					     info->part_offset,
+					     dent);
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
+	case FIP_STORAGE_INTERFACE_UBI:
+		return ubi_read_fip_firmware(firmwarep,
+					     info->ubi_volume,
+					     dent);
+#endif
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+
+static int fw_parse_storage_info(struct udevice *dev,
+				 struct fip_storage_info *info)
+{
+	char *storage_interface, *dev_part, *ubi_mtdpart, *ubi_volume;
+	struct device_plat *plat = dev_get_uclass_plat(dev);
+	int ret;
+
+	storage_interface = env_get("storage_interface");
+	dev_part = env_get("fw_dev_part");
+	ubi_mtdpart = env_get("fw_ubi_mtdpart");
+	ubi_volume = env_get("fw_ubi_volume");
+	info->part_offset = env_get_hex("fw_partoffset", 0);
+
+	if (storage_interface && dev_part) {
+		int part;
+
+		part = part_get_info_by_dev_and_name_or_num(storage_interface,
+							    dev_part,
+							    &info->desc,
+							    &info->part_info, 1);
+		if (part < 0)
+			return part;
+
+		info->storage_interface = FIP_STORAGE_INTERFACE_BLK;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (storage_interface && ubi_mtdpart && ubi_volume) {
+		if (strcmp("ubi", storage_interface))
+			return -ENODEV;
+
+		ret = generic_fw_loader_ubi_select(ubi_mtdpart);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		info->ubi_volume = ubi_volume;
+		info->storage_interface = FIP_STORAGE_INTERFACE_UBI;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	info->part_offset = plat->partoffset;
+
+	if (plat->phandlepart.phandle) {
+		struct udevice *disk_dev;
+		ofnode node;
+		int part;
+
+		node = ofnode_get_by_phandle(plat->phandlepart.phandle);
+
+		ret = device_get_global_by_ofnode(node, &disk_dev);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		info->desc = blk_get_by_device(disk_dev);
+		if (!info->desc)
+			return -ENODEV;
+
+		part = plat->phandlepart.partition;
+		if (part >= 1)
+			ret = part_get_info(info->desc, part,
+					    &info->part_info);
+		else
+			ret = part_get_info_whole_disk(info->desc,
+						       &info->part_info);
+
+		info->storage_interface = FIP_STORAGE_INTERFACE_BLK;
+
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	if (plat->mtdpart && plat->ubivol) {
+		ret = generic_fw_loader_ubi_select(plat->mtdpart);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		info->ubi_volume = plat->ubivol;
+		info->storage_interface = FIP_STORAGE_INTERFACE_UBI;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * fw_get_fip_firmware - load firmware into an allocated buffer.
+ * @dev: An instance of a driver.
+ *
+ * Return: Size of total read, negative value when error.
+ */
+static int fw_get_fip_firmware(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct fip_storage_info info = { };
+	struct firmware *firmwarep;
+	struct fip_toc_entry ent;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = fw_parse_storage_info(dev, &info);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	firmwarep = dev_get_uclass_priv(dev);
+	if (!firmwarep)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = parse_fip_firmware(firmwarep, &info, &ent);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (ent.size - firmwarep->offset > firmwarep->size) {
+		log_err("Not enough space to read firmware\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	ret = read_fip_firmware(firmwarep, &info, &ent);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		log_err("Failed to read %s from FIP: %d.\n",
+			firmwarep->name, ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * fw_get_fip_firmware_size - get firmware size.
+ * @dev: An instance of a driver.
+ *
+ * Return: Size of firmware, negative value when error.
+ */
+static int fw_get_fip_firmware_size(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct fip_storage_info info = { };
+	struct firmware *firmwarep;
+	struct fip_toc_entry ent;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = fw_parse_storage_info(dev, &info);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	firmwarep = dev_get_uclass_priv(dev);
+	if (!firmwarep)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = parse_fip_firmware(firmwarep, &info, &ent);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return ent.size;
+}
+
+static const struct fw_loader_ops fip_loader_ops = {
+	.get_firmware = fw_get_fip_firmware,
+	.get_size = fw_get_fip_firmware_size,
+};
+
+static const struct udevice_id fip_loader_ids[] = {
+	{ .compatible = "u-boot,fip-loader"},
+	{ }
+};
+
+U_BOOT_DRIVER(fip_loader) = {
+	.name		= "fip-loader",
+	.id		= UCLASS_FIRMWARE_LOADER,
+	.of_match	= fip_loader_ids,
+	.ops		= &fip_loader_ops,
+};
diff --git a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c
index 19379c23411b..1d47c4437072 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader-uclass.c
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ static int fw_loader_pre_probe(struct udevice *dev)
 
 		plat->ubivol = (char *)ofnode_read_string(fw_loader_node,
 							  "ubivol");
+
+		ofnode_read_u32(fw_loader_node, "partoffset",
+				&plat->partoffset);
 	}
 
 	if (plat->phandlepart.phandle) {
diff --git a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h
index 9964dc436afb..6003b15ab9ac 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/internal.h
@@ -49,11 +49,13 @@ struct fw_loader_ops {
  * This holds information about all supported storage devices for driver use.
  *
  * @phandlepart: Attribute data for block device.
+ * @partoffset: Global offset for BLK partition.
  * @mtdpart: MTD partition for ubi partition.
  * @ubivol: UBI volume-name for ubifsmount.
  */
 struct device_plat {
 	struct phandle_part phandlepart;
+	u32 partoffset;
 	char *mtdpart;
 	char *ubivol;
 };
-- 
2.53.0


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* [PATCH v6 6/6] doc: dtbinding: Update documentation for Generic Firmware loader
  2026-04-09 13:32 [PATCH v6 0/6] misc: fs_loader: reorg and split to FS and FW loader + FIP loader Christian Marangi
                   ` (4 preceding siblings ...)
  2026-04-09 13:33 ` [PATCH v6 5/6] misc: fw_loader: introduce FIP loader driver Christian Marangi
@ 2026-04-09 13:33 ` Christian Marangi
  5 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Christian Marangi @ 2026-04-09 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tom Rini, Simon Glass, Christian Marangi, Casey Connolly,
	Quentin Schulz, Peng Fan, Kever Yang, Heinrich Schuchardt,
	Mateus Lima Alves, Jamie Gibbons, Neha Malcom Francis,
	Justin Klaassen, Leo Yu-Chi Liang, Weijie Gao, Marek Vasut,
	Lucien.Jheng, u-boot

Update documentation for Generic Firmware loader, generalize it from FS
specific and add new property and example for FIP loader.

Also add details on the usage of 'phandlepart', 'mtdpart' and 'ubivol'
property.

Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
---
 .../misc/{fs_loader.txt => fw_loader.txt}     | 29 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 rename doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/{fs_loader.txt => fw_loader.txt} (60%)

diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/fs_loader.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/fw_loader.txt
similarity index 60%
rename from doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/fs_loader.txt
rename to doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/fw_loader.txt
index 542be4b25a0a..9b00b2c887c0 100644
--- a/doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/fs_loader.txt
+++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/fw_loader.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
-* 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
 	       that MMC0 node pointer, partition 1.
-- mdtpart: which partition of ubi the image loading from, this property is
+- mtdpart: which partition of ubi the image loading from, this property is
 	   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 partition from.
+
+Either 'phandlepart' or 'mtdpart' can be used. For Block device, 'phandlepart'
+should be used and for MTD device, 'mtdpart' should be used. With UBI device,
+in addition to 'mtdpart' also 'ubivol' is required.
 
 Example of storage device and partition search set for mmc, usb, sata and
 ubi in device tree source as shown in below:
@@ -46,3 +52,20 @@ 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>;
+	};
+
+	Example for FIP from ubi:
+	fs_loader4: fip-loader@4 {
+		bootph-all;
+		compatible = "u-boot,fip-loader";
+		mtdpart = "ubi",
+		ubivol = "bl31";
+	};
+
-- 
2.53.0


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