Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] spl: allow loading via partition type GUID

[Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>]

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 12:06:40PM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> On 2/17/23 11:34, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > > Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 07:55:58 +0100
> > > From: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>
> > > 
> > > > I'm not sure, but at some point this is all going to get out of hand.
> > > > Already we have these options:
> > > > 
> > > > common/spl/Kconfig:config SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR
> > > > common/spl/Kconfig:config SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR
> > > > common/spl/Kconfig:config SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_DATA_PART_OFFSET
> > > > common/spl/Kconfig:config SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_PARTITION
> > > > common/spl/Kconfig:config SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION
> > > > common/spl/Kconfig:config SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_PARTITION_TYPE
> > > > common/spl/Kconfig:config SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION_TYPE
> > > > common/spl/Kconfig:config SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_EMMC_BOOT_PARTITION
> > > > common/spl/Kconfig:config SYS_MMCSD_FS_BOOT_PARTITION
> > > > common/spl/Kconfig:config SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_KERNEL_SECTOR
> > > > common/spl/Kconfig:config SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTOR
> > > > common/spl/Kconfig:config SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTORS
> > > > 
> > > > That is just for MMC raw mode.
> > > > 
> > > > For environment we have SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV and _PART. If you look around
> > > > you'll see loads of these options.
> > > > 
> > > > I see that rockchip uses u-boot,spl-boot-order as a way to determine
> > > > the boot order. This makes it configurable without rebuilding
> > > > U-Boot...although I don't think we need to make the MMC stuff
> > > > configurable, since I am assuming that the boot ROM determines at
> > > > least some of it...?
> > > 
> > > This patch is about SPL loading main U-Boot. So the boot ROM is not
> > > involved.
> > 
> > But in that case we surely want to have a single board and SoC
> > independent partition GUID?
> > 
> 
> No. I want to create one installation image which runs on multiple boards,
> e.g.
> 
> part 1, GUID 8300, /boot
> part 2, GUID 8300, /
> part 15, GUID EF00, /boot/efi
> part 20, GUID SPL 1, SPL for board 1
> part 21, GUID U-Boot 2, U-Boot for board 1
> ...
> part 127, GUID SPL 54, SPL for board 54
> part 128, GUID U-Boot 54, U-Boot for board 54

Is this concept proposed somewhere that OS / distro people might further
comment on?

-- 
Tom

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