From: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 14/14] efi_loader: Add distro boot script for removable media
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 02:05:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56B000C8.10702@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPnjgZ1qX-_rWMfoTN5fUUd5+tJtgfsK-k4Ea96-Uudj8cpo4A@mail.gmail.com>
On 01/31/2016 04:24 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Alexander,
>
> On 14 January 2016 at 22:06, Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> wrote:
>> UEFI defines a simple boot protocol for removable media. There we should look
>> at the EFI (first GPT FAT) partition and search for /efi/boot/bootXXX.efi with
>> XXX being different between different platforms (x86, x64, arm, aa64, ...).
>>
>> This patch implements a simple version of that protocol for the default distro
>> boot script. With this we can automatically boot from valid UEFI enabled
>> removable media.
>>
>> Because from all I could see U-Boot by default doesn't deliver device tree
>> blobs with its firmware, we also need to load the dtb from somewhere. Traverse
>> the same EFI partition for an fdt file that fits our current board so that
>> an OS receives a valid device tree when booted automatically.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
>> ---
>> include/config_distro_bootcmd.h | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
>
> Will this work OK with FITs?
Uh, why would it not work ok with FITs?
> Also, can you add an entry to MAINTAINERS?
Sure :)
Btw, in your move of all cmd files into their own directory you forgot
to update the MAINTAINERS file ;)
Alex
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Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-15 5:06 [U-Boot] [PATCH 00/14] EFI payload / application support v2 Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 5:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 01/14] disk/part.c: Expose list of available block drivers Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 5:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 02/14] include/efi_api.h: Add more detailed API definitions Alexander Graf
2016-01-31 15:17 ` Simon Glass
2016-02-01 22:46 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 5:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 03/14] efi_loader: Add PE image loader Alexander Graf
2016-01-31 15:18 ` Simon Glass
2016-02-01 22:58 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 5:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 04/14] efi_loader: Add boot time services Alexander Graf
2016-01-20 0:16 ` Leif Lindholm
2016-02-02 1:52 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-31 15:19 ` Simon Glass
2016-02-01 23:45 ` Alexander Graf
2016-02-01 23:54 ` Simon Glass
2016-02-02 0:02 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 5:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 05/14] efi_loader: Add console interface Alexander Graf
2016-01-31 15:19 ` Simon Glass
2016-01-15 5:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 06/14] efi_loader: Add runtime services Alexander Graf
2016-01-21 17:20 ` Leif Lindholm
2016-01-31 15:20 ` Simon Glass
2016-02-01 23:57 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 5:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 07/14] efi_loader: Add disk interfaces Alexander Graf
2016-01-31 15:23 ` Simon Glass
2016-02-02 0:32 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 5:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 08/14] efi_loader: Add "bootefi" command Alexander Graf
2016-01-31 15:23 ` Simon Glass
2016-01-15 5:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 09/14] efi_loader: Implement memory allocation and map Alexander Graf
2016-01-31 15:23 ` Simon Glass
2016-02-02 0:59 ` Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 5:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 10/14] arm64: Allow exceptions to return Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 5:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 11/14] arm64: Allow EFI payload code to take exceptions Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 5:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 12/14] efi_loader: Add DCACHE_OFF support for arm64 Alexander Graf
2016-01-15 5:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 13/14] efi_loader: hook up in build environment Alexander Graf
2016-01-31 15:24 ` Simon Glass
2016-01-15 5:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 14/14] efi_loader: Add distro boot script for removable media Alexander Graf
2016-01-31 15:24 ` Simon Glass
2016-02-02 1:05 ` Alexander Graf [this message]
2016-01-31 15:17 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 00/14] EFI payload / application support v2 Simon Glass
2016-01-31 21:43 ` Alexander Graf
2016-02-01 2:52 ` Simon Glass
2016-02-01 3:25 ` Simon Glass
2016-02-01 21:38 ` Alexander Graf
2016-02-02 0:02 ` Simon Glass
2016-02-02 0:16 ` Alexander Graf
2016-02-02 0:28 ` Simon Glass
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