From: Graeme Russ <graeme.russ@gmail.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/4] x86: Refactor the zboot innards so they can be reused with a vboot image
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:43:19 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ED94677.4090608@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1322644664-4520-4-git-send-email-gabeblack@chromium.org>
Hi Gabe,
On 30/11/11 20:17, Gabe Black wrote:
> If vboot successfully verifies a kernel, it will leave it in place and
> basically ready to boot. The zeropage table which is part of the x86 boot
> protocol is at the end of the kernel, though, instead of the beginning, and
> because the image is already in place there's no need to copy it around.
> This change refactors the code which implements the zboot command so that
> the configuration of the zeropage table and loading the pieces of the
> kernel into memory are done separately. Also, because the command line goes
> before the zeropage table in vboot which is somewhat incompatible with the
> normal protocol, where to put the command line is a now a parameter instead
> of being hard coded.
What exactly is vboot? Is this something new you a looking to introduce to
U-Boot later, or is it something entirely separate?
Regards,
Graeme
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-02 21:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-30 9:17 [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/4] Add support for the 32 bit boot protocol to the x86 zboot command Gabe Black
2011-11-30 9:17 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/4] x86: Clean up the x86 zimage code in preparation to extend it Gabe Black
2011-11-30 9:17 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/4] x86: Add support for booting Linux using the 32 bit boot protocol Gabe Black
2011-11-30 9:17 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/4] x86: Refactor the zboot innards so they can be reused with a vboot image Gabe Black
2011-12-02 21:43 ` Graeme Russ [this message]
2011-12-02 21:47 ` Gabe Black
2011-11-30 9:17 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/4] x86: Add support for specifying an initrd with the zboot command Gabe Black
2011-12-02 21:40 ` Graeme Russ
2011-11-30 9:28 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/4] Add support for the 32 bit boot protocol to the x86 " Graeme Russ
2011-11-30 22:04 ` Graeme Russ
2011-11-30 12:13 ` Graeme Russ
2011-11-30 17:46 ` Gabe Black
2011-11-30 20:19 ` Graeme Russ
2011-12-03 11:18 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 0/6] Add support for the 32 bit boot protocol and coreboot table parsing Gabe Black
2011-12-05 22:09 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 " Gabe Black
2011-12-05 22:12 ` Graeme Russ
2011-12-05 22:09 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 1/6] x86: Import code from coreboot's libpayload to parse the coreboot table Gabe Black
2011-12-06 10:35 ` Graeme Russ
2011-12-05 22:09 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 2/6] x86: Clean up the x86 zimage code in preparation to extend it Gabe Black
2011-12-06 10:36 ` Graeme Russ
2011-12-05 22:09 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 3/6] x86: Add support for booting Linux using the 32 bit boot protocol Gabe Black
2011-12-06 10:36 ` Graeme Russ
2011-12-05 22:09 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 4/6] x86: Add infrastructure to extract an e820 table from the coreboot tables Gabe Black
2011-12-06 10:37 ` Graeme Russ
2011-12-05 22:09 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 5/6] x86: Refactor the zboot innards so they can be reused with a vboot image Gabe Black
2011-12-06 10:37 ` Graeme Russ
2011-12-05 22:09 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 6/6] x86: Add support for specifying an initrd with the zboot command Gabe Black
2011-12-06 10:38 ` Graeme Russ
2011-12-03 11:18 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 1/6] x86: Import code from coreboot's libpayload to parse the coreboot table Gabe Black
2011-12-03 11:18 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 2/6] x86: Clean up the x86 zimage code in preparation to extend it Gabe Black
2011-12-03 11:18 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 3/6] x86: Add support for booting Linux using the 32 bit boot protocol Gabe Black
2011-12-03 11:18 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 4/6] x86: Add infrastructure to extract an e820 table from the coreboot tables Gabe Black
2011-12-04 0:52 ` Graeme Russ
2011-12-05 22:06 ` Gabe Black
2011-12-05 22:09 ` Graeme Russ
2011-12-03 11:18 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 5/6] x86: Refactor the zboot innards so they can be reused with a vboot image Gabe Black
2011-12-03 11:18 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 6/6] x86: Add support for specifying an initrd with the zboot command Gabe Black
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