[U-Boot] [PATCH 14/14] efi_loader: Add distro boot script for removable media

Alexander Graf
2016-02-02T01:05:12Z

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